-
30,000 BCE
c30,000 BC
bone carvings keep track of phases of the moon -
2500 BCE
c2,500 BC
building of stonehenge -
2000 BCE
c2000 BC
Lunar eclipse observed at UR in Mesopotamia -
2000 BCE
c2000 BC
Temple of Amen-Ra at Karnak -
1300 BCE
c1300 BC
Chinese begin centuries long series of obs of exlipses -
700 BCE
c700 BC
Babylonians predicted lunar eclipses -
700 BCE
c700 BC
Hesiod describes practical uses for astronomu -
585 BCE
585 BC
Thales said to have predicted solar eclipse -
580 BCE
c580 BC
Anaximander describes model of Earth, Sun, Moon, Stars -
560 BCE
c560 BC
Anaximens proposes model of cosmos -
550 BCE
c550 BC
Pythagoras and students developed model of solar sustem -
400 BCE
c400 Bc
Mesopotamian ziggurats serve as observatories