Babylonian Research Paper

The Babylonians were one of the first civilizations to develop a language and began to write down discoveries and stories of their people. Among these writings is the record of their observations of the night sky. Throughout the Babylonian history, the population select one person to specialize in writing down the observations. These chosen ones were named Scribes. This was an extremely important role to play in their society and performed the task of charting the movement of the stars and planets their could see with the naked eye. The writings were exceptionally detailed and were in order according to daily, monthly and yearly positions.
Not only were Scribes documenting the sky, according to Dawdlez, “Back then, astronomy had quite a significant mystical component so these scribes also interpreted omens for the king and warned him about potential future events. Afterwards the records were archived so that future astronomers could use them to learn to make their own observations.” It was celebrated in Babylonian culture to seek aid …show more content…
He was associated with Jupiter.” Further research on Marduk shows that “Marduk’s star was Jupiter.” This is why the Babylons placed so much time in the tracking of Jupiter. They believed that the Gods were associated with certain celestial objects in the sky. In order to please the Gods, they charted their discoveries onto four tablets. One of the tablets held information on Jupiter’s path across the sky. It carried details of degrees Jupiter’s path changed and the total distance the planet travelled over it’s 60 day cycle. (K. N. Smith) For decades after the tablets were written, the astronomical significance was overlooked (Stone) even if the Babylonians were one of the first to track their discoveries, they weren’t given the amount of credit that they