- Babylonian Astronomers have long been known to excel in the world of ancient civilizations. Several thousand years before Copernicus, they have realized that the earth and other planets were spherical and that they revolved around sun. With this knowledge they could accurately predict solar and lunar eclipses. Many modern scholars assume that the Babylonians built their own astronomical science, to meet the need for an accurate calculation of their complex science of astrology. Surprisingly, the results translated Babylonian recently indicated that the positions and motions of stars and planets are calculated according to complex equations from the Sumerian civilization. The Babylonians seem not to have understood the theoretical basis of this formula, only how to use it.
Sumerians even had a more precise knowledge about the solar system and its place in the universe than inherit The Babylonians who preceded them. Their calendar is about the early years 3000SM. Is the model for the calendar today, and they proved to understand some of the more secret astronomical problems.
For example on the earth's rotation, moving is not always appropriate rocked on its axis, this causes the shift gradually -1 degrees every 72 years, affecting the direction of the northern axis of the earth. This phenomenon is called the rotation of kazoos. Great Year-or the time needed north-south axis of the earth up into place - is 25 921 years, is calculated by multiplying the 72 years it takes to move their respective degrees with 360 degrees in a full circle. Sumerians know about the movement of these tops and see how long Great Year - great job, has had a very long observation of the complex and adequate equipment.
Sumerians also able to measure distances between stars very precisely. But how can human beings learn the technology pre boundaries of the earth, and even more mysterious, why? As well as maps of stars that clearly something is needed for space explorers, but for what makes Sumerians?
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