Astronomy and space: 2781 BCE - 2011
...launches the Egyptian calendar system Sothic cycle A Dictionary of Astronomy 2 rev 3100-1000 BCE Science Africa North Africa Egypt c. 1750 BCE 1750 BCE Babylonian astronomers name many of the constellations and identify the planets Babylonia The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 3 3100-1000 BCE Assyria and Babylon Science Mesopotamia Asia West Asia Iraq c. 1100 BCE 1100 BCE Phoenician sailors use the pole star for navigational purposes Pole Star World Encyclopedia 1 3100-1000 BCE Science The Phoenicians Asia West Asia Lebanon and Syria 585 BCE 585...
