Multiple Choice
The Ptolemaic view of the universe, accepted by most Europeans prior to the seventeenth century, was premised upon all of the following beliefs except that:
A) the earth was flat.
B) the stars and planets were not far from the earth.
C) the stars and planets were made of pure light or a bright, ethereal substance.
D) a series of crystalline, transparent spheres encompassed the earth.
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