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Consensus

  • Mesopotamians used astronomy for farming, planting and planning out the calendar
  • Advised the king that their observations affected the calendar and could effect the future and events

How they studied

  • Mathematics and scientific process
  • Clay tablets to record observations
  • Babylonians were only aware of things visible to the naked eye

Discoveries and Contributions

  • Written language cuneiform script, one of the reasons why we know so much about their sophisticated astronomy
  • Developed a method for calculating the length of the Venus cycle
  • Able to predict lunar eclipses
  • Invention of the degree system to distinguish positions in the sky

Mesopotamia

  • 3500-5000 B.C.
  • Located between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  • First settlement of human civilization

Sources

Role of Astronomy in Culture

  • Sumeria, Located in Mesopotamia, has some of the oldest records of astronomy in history
  • Birthplace of civilization almost 10,000 years ago
  • 2000-3000 BC Mesopotamian groups created a zodiac (Leo, Taurus, Scorpius, Auriga, Capricorn, Gemini & Sagittarius)
  • www.explorable.com
  • www.starteachastronomy.com/mesopotamian.html
  • www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/01documents/Mesopotamian_Astronomy
  • www.mesopotamia.co.uk/astronomer/home_set
  • www.carnaval.com/sun/Zodiac_wheel.gif

History of Astronomy: Mesopotamia

By: CyAnn Brown & Paige Ogle

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