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c. 7000 BCE - c. 600 BCE
Astronomy developed by Indus Valley Civilization, Mesopotamians, and Egyptians.
c. 585 BCE
Time in which Thales of Miletus lived.
28 May 585 BCE
A battle between Media and Lydia broke off immediately as a result of a total eclipse of the sun and the two armies made peace. The eclipse was successfully predicted by Thales of Miletus.
c. 571 BCE - c. 497 BCE
Life of Pythagoras of Samos; claim that "number" is the First Cause of existence and the soul is immortal.
384 BCE - 322 BCE
Life of Aristotle.
c. 310 BCE - c. 230 BCE
Life of Greek astronomer and mathematician Aristarchus of Samos.
276 BCE - 195 BCE
Life of Eratosthenes, ancient Greek Alexandrian scholar, native of Cyrene and one of the greatest geographers in antiquity.
c. 190 BCE - c. 120 BCE
Life of Hipparchus of Nicea, the ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer considered the greatest astronomer of antiquity and among the most impressive in world history
100 CE - 170 CE
Astronomer Ptolemy lived, author of the Almagest.
100 CE
The mathematician and astronomer Menelaus of Alexandria lived.