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The 19 pages that link to Antikythera mechanism, each with the reason it gives.

• Lunar calendarBroader topic: Its gearing shows how lunar cycles could be represented mechanically.

• Metonic cycleRelated: Its gear trains encode the 235-to-19 ratio mechanically, turning the cycle into dials and pointers.

• SundialRelated: It reflects the astronomical tradition that also informed sophisticated sundial construction.

• Synodic monthRelated: Its gear trains encode Metonic and Saros counts of synodic months.

• Ancient Greek astronomyBroader topic: Its gearing materialized mathematical cycles used in Greek calendrical and astronomical practice.

• Lunar monthBroader topic: Its gearing represented the changing relationship between lunar and solar cycles.

• Full moonBroader topic: Its inscriptions and gearing tracked lunar cycles relevant to forecasting phases.

• History of computingBroader topic: Its intricate gears demonstrate an early use of mechanisms to automate calculation.

• GearsBroader topic: Its surviving bronze gears show sophisticated ancient gearing in a specific machine.

• Analog computerBroader topic: Its geared model of recurring motions is an early example of mechanical analog computation.

• Ancient Greek technologyBroader topic: Its precision gears show how far Hellenistic Greek mechanical engineering could go.

• Anomalistic monthRelated: Its gearing encoded lunar anomaly, an early mechanical treatment of perigee-related speed variation.

• Ancient technologyBroader topic: Its intricate gears demonstrate sophisticated ancient mathematical instrument-making.

• Medieval technologyCompared with: It shows that complex gearing existed long before medieval mechanical clocks.

• History of timekeeping devicesBroader topic: Its intricate gearing shows that complex mechanical timekeeping had ancient precedents.

• History of computing hardwareBroader topic: Its intricate gears are an early surviving example of mechanical computation.

• History of robotsBroader topic: Its intricate gears exemplify ancient mechanical ingenuity, though it was not a robot.

• Prehistoric technologyCompared with: It illustrates the boundary: complex technology can be ancient yet historical rather than prehistoric.

• Science in the ancient worldBroader topic: Its gears translated accumulated astronomical calculations into mechanical predictions.