Ptolemy

look at life. Throughout the 15th, 16th, and 17th century there were many developments in science which caused people to reevaluate how they thought. Scientists of the time started looking back at the commonly believed theories of Aristotle and Ptolemy and started to question the accuracy. One of these scientists was Copernicus who believed in heliocentrism, the theory that all the planets in the universe revolve around…

During his time in Athens, he learned from and worked under many great mathematicians. Eratosthenes then traveled to Alexandria where he spent most of his adult life at and where he sadly passed away. His time in Alexandria he was appointed by Ptolemy III as the librarian for the Alexandrian Library and this is when he wrote about the world in his work called Geography and many other works (Masjid).…

Jewish cultural religions. A man by the name of Matthias asks the people if they are loyal to the traditions of Israel and ask them to upraise against Antiochus. Then a man by the name of Simon leads the Jews into a peaceful and prosperous life until Ptolemy, son of Abubus, kills him. The Mishnah is an oral teaching of judgment on a debate that was given by a notable rabbi. Usually based on the halcha, mitzvoth, or the spirit of the Torah that helps the Rabbi’s decision. Within the Mishnah are…

his kin and generals as each attempted to stablish himself as sole successor. The attempts failed, and by about 275 BC there had emerged the three kingdoms to which were to dominate the Mediterranean until Romans came”. The first kingdom was Egypt Ptolemy. He was the successor of Alexander after his death, and he had control over Egypt in which he created a dynasty and it lasted until his famous descendant Cleopatra was defeated by Augustus in 31 BC, but one fact of this kingdom was that before…

While many concepts on astronomy of the ancient Greeks are no longer relevant, many of their ideas were used to guide astronomers today in establishing concepts more valid. The ancient Greeks had no clear division of science and philosophy. Neither did they have separate and developed fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy. The formerly deficient range of information the ancient Greeks had, allowed an individual to become an expert in several fields whereas nowadays, there is…

Giza, is the most magnificent artificial building in history. Their large scale reflects the unique role of Pharaoh or the king in ancient Egyptian society. Although the construction of Pyramid from the beginning of the old Dynasty to the end of the Ptolemy era in the fourth Century ad, the peak of the construction of Pyramid started at the end of the Third Dynasty and lasted until about sixth (2325 BC). More than 4000 years later, Egyptian pyramids still holds its majesty and has seen the rich…

rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.” Before the seventeenth and sixteenth century, the universe was based on the Ptolemaic System, which was developed by Ptolemy, Aristotle's theories, and Christian theology. However, as the astronomical revolution began to disembark, the Ptolemaic Theory was contradicted. The work, mathematical synthesis, and observations of astronomers such as Copernicus, Kepler, and…

study during this era is mostly description on some parts of the human body. During the time of Aristotle, dissection was implemented on animal and this leads to founding of comparative anatomy subject. It was not until during the reign of King Ptolemy that dissection on human was implemented. Live cadaveric dissection of Alexandrian criminal was allowed under the Ptolemic dysnasty and the man responsible for it was Herophilos. Galen in the 2nd century was also one of the prominent anatomists…

This paper will discuss the life of the German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Kepler. Who had a great impact in the 17th century scientific revolution, because of his development of the three laws of planetary motion. He is also remembered for the legacy he left that later provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation. “Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 poor and sickly in what is now Germany. His father left home when Johannes…

The end of the war between the Persians and the Greeks marked the easement into the Classical period. In this period Athens achieved its greatest cultural and political heights: the construction of the Parthenon on the Acropolis; the full establishment of the democratic system of government under the Athenian citizen Pericles; the writings of the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides; and the origin of the philosophical schools of Plato and Socrates. The Romans have had almost every…