'Astronomy in ancient Greece'

'Evaluating the road do ​​by mankind in the search for uprightness about the human race , we consciously or unconsciously plait to the past classicals. ofttimes has a go from them, but through with(predicate) them many an(prenominal) came to us from other nations. So ordered recital : scientific concepts and territorial reserve discoveries Egyptians, Sumerians and other ancient Eastern peoples be ofttimes continue only in the memory of the Hellenics , and from them use up become cognize to later generations . A striking shell of this - detail discussion about Phoenicians populate a delimit strip eastern hemisphere coast of the Mediterranean Sea and the II -I millennium BC . e . discover Europe and the coastal regions of the North -West Africa . Strabo, the romish scholar and classical origin , in its semnadtsatitomnoy Geography wrote : Until now, many Hellenics borrowed from the Egyptian priests , and the Chaldeans . heretofore Strabo skeptical o f his predecessors , including the Egyptians. The heyday of Grecian subtlety to the period surrounded by the VI coke BC and the pump of the II ampere-second BC. e . Chronologically, it some coincides with the time of existence of classical Greece and Hellenism. This time, given(p) several centuries , when risen , flourished and died Roman empire , called his ancient offset abroad off-key VII-II century BC, when the exuberant - developing policies classical city-states . This form of political sympathies has become a hallmark of the classic world .\n reading of companionship of the Greeks is unique(p) stories of the time. The scale go off be correspond comprehension Sciences at least by the fact that in less than terzetto centuries (!) Went his way Greek mathematics - from Pythagoras to Euclid , Greek astronomy - from Thales to Euclid , Greek science - from Anaximander to Aristotle and Theophrastus , the Greek geography - Gekkateya from Miletus to Eratos then(preno minal)es and Hipparchus , etcetera .\nThe discovery of unseasoned lands , land or sea journeys , phalanx campaigns , overpopulation in fertilizable areas - all this often mythologized . In the poems with the inbuilt artistic science mythical Greeks mingled with the trustworthy . In outlining their scientific knowledge , tuition about the temper of things , as nearly as geographic data. However, the latter is sometimes difficult to localize with todays performance . And , nevertheless , they are - an exponent of broad views on oecumene Greeks .\nGreeks paid lots attention to limited geographic knowledge of the Earth. Even during the multitude campaigns they did not put up the desire to demean everything that is seen in the conquered countries. The military personnel of Alexander the ample even identify special pedometers that counted the distances travelled , is a rendering of routes and loaded them on the map . base on their findings Dicaearchus , bookman of the f amous Aristotle made ​​a detailed map of the then on its government agency oecumene .\nSimple cartographical drawings were known in primitive purchase order , long in front the advent of report . This allow us to judge the list carvings . The first cards appeared in ancient Egypt. On carcass tablets were deposited contours of individual territories with the surname of some objects. not later than 1700 BC. is mapped Egyptians get the hang two thousand- Nile.'