The Earth-centered system of the universe that was accepted for nearly seventeen centuries was presented in a treatise called the Almagest that was written by ________.
A) Aristotle
B) Ptolemy
C) Aristarchus
D) Eratosthenes
E) Hipparchus

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The Almagest was written by Ptolemy and presented the Earth-centered system of the universe that was accepted for nearly seventeen centuries. The other options, while significant figures in the history of astronomy, did not present this specific model.

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