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  Astronomy and space timeline
     
2781 BC
 
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Sirius rises in this year on the first day of the first Egyptian month - a rare event which possibly launches the Egyptian calendar system      
Calendar of lucky and unlucky days, c.1225 BC
British Museum

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c. 1750 BC
 
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Babylonian astronomers name many of the constellations and identify the planets       
c. 1100 BC
 
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Phoenician sailors use the pole star for navigational purposes       
585 BC
 
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Thales of Miletus, traditionally the first philosopher, is credited with the prediction of a solar eclipse       
c. 550 BC
 
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The Greeks develop the Babylonian theme of the zodiac, naming it the zodiakos kyklos or circle of animals      
c. 450 BC
 
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The followers of Pythagoras maintain that the earth revolves on its own axis and moves in an orbit