NATS 1745 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stone Circle, Chichen Itza, Ulugh Beg

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1745
• Professor: Robin Kingsburgh

Document Summary

Timeline for history of astronomy : section 1: ancient astronomy to copernicus. Stonehenge know the various stages of building for specific stone types/structures. Recumbent stone circles, n. scotland, ireland development of cuneiform pictograms and eventually script (oldest writing) in. 1700 bce few thousand presa del la mula (neolithic lunar calendar in mexico: 4800 bce. 3000-1500: 3000-2500 clava cairns, n. scotland, 2500, 3500-2000. 2575-2465: 4000-250bce mesopotamian empires, 600 bce, 400, 360-323, 330, 300, 350, 200 bce, 190-120 ce hipparchus star catalogues. Ptolemy epicycles, deferents, equants: 150 ce. Ptole(cid:373)y"s pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)atio(cid:374) the almagest: 160 ce. Mayan classical period large monuments built, use of long count. 250-900 ce: 800-1100 ce el castillo/ pyramid of kukulcan and el caracol built, chichen itza, 950-1250, 950. 964 c 1000-1100ce dresden codex written by maya. Thales of miletus phenomena in universe due to rational explanations, not gods. Mesopotamian scribes using mathematics to predict planetary positions (seleucid tablets) Islamic astronomy: positional astronomy, catalogues, translations of ancient texts.