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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 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
The mathematician and astronomer Menelaus of Alexandria lived.
100 CE - 170 CE
Astronomer Ptolemy lived, author of the Almagest.