Ptolemy

Hatshepsut ruled over Egypt of 21 years, during which she was able to strengthen Egypt. The end of her reign is still a mystery, even though it was a natural death. Cleopatra- Cleopatra was born in 69 B.C. at 18 years of age herself and brother, Ptolemy III ruled over Egypt. At the time, Egypt was “a Roman protectorate, was beset with internal strife and intrigue.” Cleopatra formed a political alliance with Julius Caesar, which allowed her to strengthen and reinforce her power. This political…

Caesar. Julius Caesar conquered many lands and ruled Rome. Ultimately his greed and desire to become King of the Romans, something that Romans would not tolerate, ended his life. The scene where Julius Caesar first makes landfall and meets the Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII shows how clever and witty Caesar is. The Egyptians have a preconceived notion of how Romans behave, barbaric and demanding. Caesar shows them that he is smarter than they are and acts opposite as expected by mingling with the people…

have seen his name mentioned in relation with Andromeda as I am very interested in Greek mythology. I also thought that a story about a king would be quite interesting. Cepheus is one of the constellations originally listed by the great astronomer, Ptolemy, and now remains as one of the modern constellations. The constellation's brightest star is Alpha Cephei. The constellation also hosts the largest black hole in the known universe. The picture that the stars are supposed to make is the king…

Alexander III or as he is more widely known as, ‘Alexander the Great’ is widely regarded as one of history’s brilliant military leaders and most powerful rulers. At the time of his death in 323 BCE he had conquered most of the known world at the time and had never lost a battle. However, what many don’t know is that throughout his life he had been thrust into positions of failure and had managed to pull success from these unlikely scenarios. Alexander was born on 353 BCE to the parents…

The geocentric theory was founded upon by Ptolemy who believed that the earth was the center of all, while the heliocentric theory by Nicolaus Copernicus believed the sun was in the center and later proved his theory had become fact and is still to be used to this very day. Ptolemy’s theory was adopted…

to be proved with legit, observable facts. In IR, when you come up with a theory, it has to be proved with facts from history. One example of the scientific method is the story of Aristotle and his geocentric theory. In this theory Aristotle and Ptolemy proposed that the Earth was the center of the Universe. The Crystalline spheres, which in ancient times was transparent sphere that lied in the heavens, were the other planets, moon and sun. He proposed that they circled the Earth in a Celestial…

universe was highly accepted throughout the world. The first documented theory of a heliocentric universe surfaced around 310 – 230 BCE with Aristarchus of Samos. After this, however, the geocentric theory dominated society for over one thousand years. Ptolemy and Aristotle, both ancient Greek scientists and astronomers, popularized the earth-centered universe. They believed that ten concentric spheres constructed the cosmos, with a fixed and motionless earth at its center. The first eight of…

scientist’s endeavors held significance because of the community’s consideration of whether the research and its conclusions qualified with their dogma and religious understanding. The unifying concepts of Aristotle 's cosmology and physics, as well as Ptolemy 's astronomy,…

My favorite constellation is Pegasus. In the second century, it was listed as a constellation along with forty-seven others by the astronomy Ptolemy. I choose Pegasus because of the mythological legends behind such a magnificent organization of stars. Also, Pegasus particularly interests me because of the near perfect arrangement of four stars in a square: Markab, Scheat, Algenib, and Alpheratz/Sirrah (to use their Arabic names) are the four corners of the square asterism. In Greek mythology,…

because I really like dragons and I searched the history and I liked it. Its name means “dragon” in Latin, this constellation represents the dragon from the gardens of the Hesperides in Greek mythology. Draco was catalogued by a Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century, it is a circumpolar constellation; it never sets below the horizon. This is the larger largest constellation in the night sky; it has nine stars and one Messier object. MYTHS: In the Greek myth Draco represents Ladon, the…