Babylonian astronomy

Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who is credited with laying the fundamentals of modern Western philosophy. He is known for creating Socratic irony and the Socratic method. He is best recognized for inventing the teaching practice of pedagogy, wherein a teacher questions a student in a manner that draws out the correct response. He has had a profound influence on Western philosophy, along with his students Plato and Aristotle. Though much of Socrates' contribution is to the field of…

Constellation is a specific group of forms stars that are creating a pattern that is recognized as a shape that a is named from the formative figure in the sky. Constellations are all over the universe, new ones are created every day as the universe is expanding more and more every day. The constellations that we see every day is only a few of the stars that scientist have discovered, so far there is more constellation farther out in the universe but with our technology today we are not able to…

Book of the Dead - Egyptian religious collection: The Book of the Dead is an ancient book originated from Egypt that is filled with spells that help the souls enter their afterlife. The title translates to The Book of Coming Forth By Day and referred to as “the Ancient Egyptian Bible.” Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. "Book of the Dead." Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2009. Bloom's Literature, Facts On File, Inc.…

It is difficult to retain an empire, especially one as far reaching as Alexander’s, if one only conquers his enemies militarily. Without the support of the leaders and the peoples of the lands keeping an empire intact is impossible. He never felt he was a conqueror but rather a liberator of all man. He did not want to simply defeat his enemies militarily. Gaining victories over armies was only the first step. Alexander respected every religion and every culture he became ruler of. Instead of…

Some of which include the Egyptians for inventing math and the Babylonians for being excellent astronomers. (Heath 2008) Following that note, Aristotle alludes to the idea that humans by nature, demonstrate more awareness than that of animals. With that being said, he cannot possibly believe that natural slaves are lacking…

Who are the Chaldeans? History The Chaldean people of today are descendants of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian civilizations and the Aramean legacy of Mesopotamia. Historically, Chaldeans are Iraq’s indigenous people, and mainly resided in Northern Iraq as mountain dwellers and farmers in villages dating back to before Christ (BC). They have a 5,500-year history dating back to Mesopotamia the cradle of civilization which is present day Iraq. According to the Old Testament (Gen. 11:31),…

the quadrivium of study [1]. While spherics became elliptic geometry, trigonometry evolved in its own path. Any discussion of trigonometry, however, must discuss the concept of angle first. Degree measurement for angles was already in use by the Babylonians in the year 300 B.C.E. This civilization was the first to assign coordinates to stars. The birth of trigonometry would occur around 140 B.C. when the Greek mathematician Hipparchus produced the first table of chords. For the Greeks, it was…

FILM ASSIGNMENT 1 : Jim Al Khalili, episode 3 : The Power of Doubt” 1. What factors contributed to the development and flourishing of science in the medieval Islamic world? According to the documentary, Islam played a very significant role in the development of the medieval Islamic world as it has set extremely high standards of accuracy and precision. Islam required scholars to make precise observations regarding the movement of the heavenly bodies as Muslims needed to pray at very exact times…

the Scorpius is credited to the Greco-Egyptian Astronomer Claudius Ptolemy in the 2nd Century, but the Greeks may have been known about Scorpius for 3000 years before Ptolemy and Scorpius was also known as “the creature with a burning sting” by Babylonians. The coordinates of Scorpius in the sky is 16h53m15s, -30°44′12″in the celestial coordinate system- a system to specify celestial…

(Similar stories are told about Solon and Pythagoras.) It is not even certain whether Thales is the author of published texts. The three titles that are attributed to him may be later inventions, or three names of one and the same poem: Nautical astronomy, on the solstice, and on the equinox. What seems certain, however, is that Thales predicted the solar eclipse of 28 May 585, which was remembered (according to the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus note) because the Lydian king…