Who possessed spheres of influence in China? Group of answer choices various Chinese ethnic groups European nations American businesses the steel industry

isaac newton first proposed that earth was not perfectly round. instead, he suggested it was an oblate spheroid—a sphere that is squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator.

the idea of the earth being a flat disc is also inconsistent with the fact that a given lunar eclipse is only visible from half of the earth at a time. the only shape that casts a round shadow no matter which direction it is pointed is a sphere, and the ancient greeks deduced that this must mean the earth is spherical.

it foreshadows the theme of the paragraph and hints the topic that will be discussed in the paragraph!

there were abundant sources of fuel nearby