The Role Of Astronomy In Ancient Civilizations

Ancient civilizations like the Greeks, Romans, Mayans and Egyptians used astronomy in many different ways. The Egyptians knew that when the star Sirius was ahead of the sun the Nile river would soon flood the land. All the civilizations used astronomy as a tool to tell them when the seasons would change. Greeks and Romans named the planets after their Gods because they believed the sun, moon, stars, and planets were controlled by Gods. Ancient people used tools like an astrolabe to help them make very complicated equations. They needed to solve these to find the positions of planets and stars
One scientific advancement that greatly influenced society was the smallpox vaccine. It has changed society more than any other vaccine because it has entirely wiped out the disease. However if the vaccine had never been created then countless lives would have been lost to an incurable epidemic. It has also affected the development of other vaccines for many diseases such as measles and polio. The smallpox vaccine was and still is one of the greatest discoveries in medicine.
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It is located in the dragon’s head. This star is orange and one hundred and fifty light years away from Earth. Another amazing fact about Eltanin is that it burns so bright that it is the equivalent of 180 suns. This is also a type K star and has a magnitude of 9.4.

Did you know that the ancient Egyptians lined up their pyramids with the constellation Draco? Another cool fact about Draco is that ancient people used to use the star Thuban (which is located in Draco) to find which direction north was. Scientist have also discovered that gamma-rays have gone through this group of stars. Draco even has its own galaxy called the Draco Dwarf Galaxy. This galaxy spreads only 1,500 light years across. Because it is so miniscule compared to other galaxies, some scientists classify it as a large global