An Outline Sketch of the Origin and History of Constellations and Star-Names by Gary D. Thompson
Copyright © 2007-2008 by Gary D. Thompson
An Outline Sketch of the Origin and History of Constellations and Star-Names
(1) Introduction
(2) Pre-History
Paleolithic
Neolithic
(3) Middle East
Egypt
Levant
Mesopotamia
The is a lack of both astronomical and astrological texts texts in Mesopotamia until the late 2nd-millennium BCE. There is no reason for assuming that the astronomical texts from the 2nd-millennium BCE relied upon astronomical texts from the 3rd-millennium BCE. The Sumerians of the 4th-millennium BCE did, however, make simple calendrical calculations based on the movements of the celestial bodies. A set of constellations covering the entire visible sky was not consolidated until circa the last quarter of the 2nd-millennium BCE. This approximately matched the completion of the omen series Enûma Anu Enlil.
Arabia
Persia
(4) West
Greece
Rome
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(5) Far East
India
China
Korea
(6) Oceania
Polynesia
(7) Americas
North America
(8) Conclusion
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