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The Babylonian Theory of the Planets
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  • Title The Babylonian Theory of the Planets
  • Author N. M. Swerdlow
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 266
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press
  • Date 2014-07-14
  • ISBN 9780691605500 / 0691605505
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.42 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Mediterranean
  • Dewey Decimal Code 528.093
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Paperback / softback. New. In the second millennium b.c., Babylonian scribes assembled a vast collection of astrological omens, believed to be signs from the gods concerning the kingdom's political, military, and agricultural fortunes. The importance of these omens was such that from the eighth or seventh until the first century, the scribes observed the heavens nightly and recorded the dates and locations of ominous phenomena of the moon and planets in relation to stars and constellations. The observations were arranged in monthly reports along with notable events and prices of agricultural commodities, the object being to find correlations between phenomena in the heavens and conditions on earth. These collections of omens and observations form the first empirical science of antiquity and were the basis of the first mathematical science, astronomy. For it was discovered that planetary phenomena, although irregular and sometimes concealed by bad weather, recur in limited periods within cycles in… Read More
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