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Martin Galas HIS 231 What was expected in year 1000? People who lived thousand years ago viewed Earth as the center of a cosmos. Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle mapped the cosmos and placed the earth in the center of it. Christians and Jews claimed that Earth was round and flat. Another thought was that the terrestrial region was composed of four parts. Those four parts were earth, water, air and fire. Medieval people were also …

…that they could reproduce themselves into a future. Medieval people had also knowledge about local flora and they used herbs to medical purposes. Moreover, they also had knowledge about animal life. Many medieval people believed that far away lands were occupied by extremely ugly races. Roman first century author, Pliny the Elder was one of the main sources for such beliefs. Demons , angels, nymphs, elves, satyrs, centaurs and all others monsters were believed to exist.