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The 45 pages that link to Babylonian astronomy, each with the reason it gives.

• PtolemyRelated: Babylonian observations and numerical methods contributed to the wider inheritance available to Greek astronomers.

• HipparchusRelated: Babylonian records and cycles informed Greek methods of predicting celestial events.

• Lunar calendarNarrower topic: Babylonian records helped establish methods for predicting lunar cycles and managing months.

• Akkadian languageRelated: Akkadian-language scholarly records transmitted astronomical observations and terminology.

• BabylonRelated: Babylonian scholars recorded and predicted celestial events in the city’s intellectual milieu.

• ConstellationRelated: Babylonian star divisions contributed traditions later incorporated into Greek constellation schemes.

• EphemerisNarrower topic: Babylonian scholars developed some of the earliest known systematic planetary prediction schemes.

• Lunisolar calendarNarrower topic: Long observational records supported decisions about when to insert extra months.

• Metonic cycleRelated: Babylonian lunar records may have supplied the raw 19-year relation before Meton published it.

• Degree (angle)Related: Its base-60 mathematics helped shape later conventions for dividing circles.

• Eudoxus of CnidusRelated: Its long observational tradition formed part of the wider astronomical knowledge available to Greek astronomers.

• Synodic monthRelated: Babylonian tablets fixed the mean synodic month to within seconds, the base of later calendars.

• Ancient Greek astronomyRelated: Greek astronomers adopted and developed Babylonian observations and numerical techniques.

• Babylonian mathematicsRelated: Astronomers used numerical schemes to predict planetary and lunar phenomena.

• AshurbanipalRelated: Astronomical and omen texts in the library preserve the expertise valued by the Assyrian court.

• Lunar monthRelated: Babylonian records tracked lunar cycles and supported early calendar calculations.

• Claudius PtolemyRelated: Babylonian observations and numerical techniques formed part of the wider inheritance behind Greek planetary astronomy.

• EquantRelated: Babylonian records supplied planetary observations that Greek theorists sought to represent geometrically.

• Babylonian calendarRelated: Astronomical observation helped determine month beginnings and when to add a month.

• Babylonian ChroniclesRelated: Some chronicles include astronomical observations that help anchor events in time.

• History of astronomyBroader topic: Its long-running planetary records and predictive schemes shaped later Greek and Islamic astronomy.

• HourRelated: Babylonian base-60 mathematics influenced later divisions of time and angles.

• BabyloniaRelated: Babylonian scholars tracked celestial cycles and produced records used in later astronomy.

• Full moonNarrower topic: Babylonian records helped establish long-running methods for predicting lunar phenomena.

• Indian astronomyRelated: Its long record of planetary and eclipse observations formed part of the wider ancient astronomical world.

• OrionRelated: Babylonian records associated stars in Orion’s region with the figure of the Heavenly Shepherd.

• Sidereal monthRelated: Babylonian cuneiform records tabulate the sidereal month to seconds in the System A and B schemes.

• AssyriologyRelated: Cuneiform records reveal long-running observational traditions and mathematical methods.

• Babylonian EmpireRelated: Babylonian scholarly traditions produced records that later astronomical cultures inherited.

• ZodiacNarrower topic: Babylonian astronomers developed the zodiac’s twelve-sign framework.

• AlmanacNarrower topic: Its long observational records helped establish traditions of astronomical prediction later used in almanacs.

• Astronomical tablesNarrower topic: Babylonian scholars developed early numerical procedures and records for predicting celestial events.

• Naked-eye astronomyRelated: Babylonian records tracked visible planets and eclipses over centuries.

• Planetary weekNarrower topic: Babylonian planetary traditions helped establish the seven-day cycle’s celestial associations.

• Saros cycleNarrower topic: Babylonian astronomers recognized eclipse recurrences that underlie the Saros period.

• Anomalistic monthRelated: Babylonian lunar ephemerides used perigee-based periods, effectively tracking the anomalistic month.

• Celestial cartographyRelated: Babylonian records and star lists formed an early foundation for organized sky mapping.

• Piscis AustrinusNarrower topic: Mesopotamian star traditions contributed to the older background of Greek constellation lore.

• 24-hour clockRelated: Babylonian sexagesimal arithmetic helped shape the hour and minute divisions used in modern timekeeping.

• Day (time unit)Related: Sexagesimal arithmetic associated with Mesopotamian scholarship shaped later divisions of time.

• Eclipse cycleRelated: Babylonian records and methods supported eclipse prediction through recurring patterns.

• Age of AquariusNarrower topic: Babylonian zodiac traditions helped establish the celestial framework later used to discuss astrological ages.

• Discovery and exploration of the Solar SystemRelated: Babylonian records of planetary motion supplied observations later used to refine astronomical models.

• NabonassarNarrower topic: The chronology beginning with Nabonassar supported the transmission of Babylonian observations.

• Science in the ancient worldBroader topic: Long-running observations enabled mathematical predictions of lunar and planetary events.