Similarities Between Chinese And Egyptian
Introduction
In earlier times, the most reliable way to know of your position in earth was to look up at the stars! They didn’t move (Or so they thought), so that was the best thing to do at the time in their ever changing society!
The Chinese Emperor during the Qing Dynasty utilized his astronomers by using their calculations and predictions in his decision making and made the lunar year. They used this calendar for planting crops and when to expect a season change.
The Egyptians worshipped their celestial gods, hoping that by paying them homage would aid when crops needed cultivating.
Summary/Conclusion
In their own right, the chinese and the egyptians were a great astrological society. Both created their own system of …show more content…
predictions and made a reliable resource for their people.
-Bibliography-
https://explorable.com/egyptian-astronomy?gid=1595 https://explorable.com/chinese-astronomy, http://www.spacetoday.org/China/ChinaAstronomy.html, http://www.starteachastronomy.com/egyptian.html
Chinese and Egyptian Astrology
Both Civilizations have similarities in their astrological activities. The Chinese predicted and recorded eclipses of the sun and the moon; the emperor consulted his astrologists on big military and country wide decisions. The Egyptians on the other hand, recorded when the nile river flooded its banks and based that for when crops needed to be planted.
Victoria Sumpter 3rd Hour
The Chinese
Chinese Astronomers charted regular events in the sky, things being charted are lunar eclipses, and things of the like.
These recordings are being taken from the realm of the Astrologers, that the emperor consulted on major decision making. They developed a large system of the zodiac, designed to help people in their life. A version of this is called the “yellow path”, charting the sun’s path through the sky. With Western astrology, the Chinese placed twelve houses along the yellow path The names of these “houses” were different.
The Chinese created and followed a calendar that was twelve lunar months, and calculated the year to be 365.25 days long. They also divided the sky into four quarters, with seven mansions in each, making 28 in total, and they were used to chart where the moon was as it crossed the sky.
Similarities
The civilizations as a whole were pretty adept at their astrological researching and made sure to record all happenings within the heavens, and down on the earth. Both of the early civilizations created a calendar, that was similar to the other in many ways. The Egyptians created a religion based on the celestial beings while the Chinese consulted their research on major decisions within the …show more content…
empire,
The Egyptians
The annual flooding of the Nile was the foundation of Egyptian civilization and agriculture, so predicting this occurrence with accuracy was the driving force behind the development of Egyptian astronomy.Their studies of the skies resulted in a formation of a religion.They were great at marking time and predicting the annual nile flood.
They also developed a system of constellations that appear to be of native origin and independent from the work of the Greeks and the Mesopotamians. The Egyptians knew that the year was 365 days long and divided it into twelve months, with 30 days each. The calendar lost one day every four years. They also developed another calendar based around the star Sirius, which also consisted of 365 days but which included an extra quarter day.The Egyptians also kept a 360 day ceremonial calendar, running along with the others, and the calendars coincided every 1461 years, when that happened a great celebration was held. The Egyptian gods and goddesses were everywhere, paintings and murals included. A few gods were seen in the constellations, and others were represented by actual living bodies. The constellation Orion, represented Osiris, who was the god of death, rebirth, and afterlife. The Milky Way represented the sky goddess Nut giving birth to the sun god Ra. The stars in Egyptian mythology were represented by the goddess Seshat, while the Moon was either Thoth, or Khons, a child moon
god.
In earlier times, the most reliable way to know of your position in earth was to look up at the stars! They didn’t move (Or so they thought), so that was the best thing to do at the time in their ever changing society!
The Chinese Emperor during the Qing Dynasty utilized his astronomers by using their calculations and predictions in his decision making and made the lunar year. They used this calendar for planting crops and when to expect a season change.
The Egyptians worshipped their celestial gods, hoping that by paying them homage would aid when crops needed cultivating.
Summary/Conclusion
In their own right, the chinese and the egyptians were a great astrological society. Both created their own system of …show more content…
predictions and made a reliable resource for their people.
-Bibliography-
https://explorable.com/egyptian-astronomy?gid=1595 https://explorable.com/chinese-astronomy, http://www.spacetoday.org/China/ChinaAstronomy.html, http://www.starteachastronomy.com/egyptian.html
Chinese and Egyptian Astrology
Both Civilizations have similarities in their astrological activities. The Chinese predicted and recorded eclipses of the sun and the moon; the emperor consulted his astrologists on big military and country wide decisions. The Egyptians on the other hand, recorded when the nile river flooded its banks and based that for when crops needed to be planted.
Victoria Sumpter 3rd Hour
The Chinese
Chinese Astronomers charted regular events in the sky, things being charted are lunar eclipses, and things of the like.
These recordings are being taken from the realm of the Astrologers, that the emperor consulted on major decision making. They developed a large system of the zodiac, designed to help people in their life. A version of this is called the “yellow path”, charting the sun’s path through the sky. With Western astrology, the Chinese placed twelve houses along the yellow path The names of these “houses” were different.
The Chinese created and followed a calendar that was twelve lunar months, and calculated the year to be 365.25 days long. They also divided the sky into four quarters, with seven mansions in each, making 28 in total, and they were used to chart where the moon was as it crossed the sky.
Similarities
The civilizations as a whole were pretty adept at their astrological researching and made sure to record all happenings within the heavens, and down on the earth. Both of the early civilizations created a calendar, that was similar to the other in many ways. The Egyptians created a religion based on the celestial beings while the Chinese consulted their research on major decisions within the …show more content…
empire,
The Egyptians
The annual flooding of the Nile was the foundation of Egyptian civilization and agriculture, so predicting this occurrence with accuracy was the driving force behind the development of Egyptian astronomy.Their studies of the skies resulted in a formation of a religion.They were great at marking time and predicting the annual nile flood.
They also developed a system of constellations that appear to be of native origin and independent from the work of the Greeks and the Mesopotamians. The Egyptians knew that the year was 365 days long and divided it into twelve months, with 30 days each. The calendar lost one day every four years. They also developed another calendar based around the star Sirius, which also consisted of 365 days but which included an extra quarter day.The Egyptians also kept a 360 day ceremonial calendar, running along with the others, and the calendars coincided every 1461 years, when that happened a great celebration was held. The Egyptian gods and goddesses were everywhere, paintings and murals included. A few gods were seen in the constellations, and others were represented by actual living bodies. The constellation Orion, represented Osiris, who was the god of death, rebirth, and afterlife. The Milky Way represented the sky goddess Nut giving birth to the sun god Ra. The stars in Egyptian mythology were represented by the goddess Seshat, while the Moon was either Thoth, or Khons, a child moon
god.