Ancient Islamic Astronomy Essay

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Ava Hutchins#15
November 16, 2015
Social Studies/ ELA
Mrs. Popolizio/Ms. Polini Ancient Islamic Astronomy Our century is currently the most advanced time period in history because we are so advanced in math, technology, astronomy, etc. The more we learn, the more advanced we are. Now think about the civilizations before us, they have made some discoveries that may seem dull to us, but they are actually extremely important. Without the little discoveries of astronomy, would we even have any idea of the solar system today? Ancient Muslims made important improvement to astronomy that helped them and us by using it in their everyday life, making discoveries about it, and by their advances, they helped get us to where we are today.

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