The Greeks provided the general foundation for observational astronomy in western cultures. The Western Hemisphere uses their names and mythology for constellations (for the most part).
The Greeks also observed planetary motion, naming them after the gods.
Aristotle, a greek philosopher, laid down various tenets about the natural world that were studied and upheld for nearly two thousand years before the rise of modern science demonstrated them as inadequate and inaccurate.
Most cultures have their own constellations, observations and mathematics that overlap the Greeks. However the Greek ties with Rome, and the rise of the Roman Empire made their contributions the most prominent in the western hemisphere.
The Greeks, by observing the earths shadow on the moon, and way ships disappear over the horizon of the ocean, determined that the earth was round. One significant contribution that Greeks provided was observations by Aristarchus (~300 BC) estimated (fairly accurately) the diameter of the earth by using shadows cast down a well in two different cities.
Establishing the size of Earth
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His name is Autolycus of Pitane.
The three important variations of Greek writing were the Greek alphabet (uppercase), the Uncial Script, and the Greek minuscule script (lowercase).
he started the Hellenistic period,spread greek culture & created alexandria
The most important room in any ancient Greek house was the "sodomatorium", this is where the Greek family enjoyed most of it's leisure time, so much so that it was a well known saying that "no greek man could ever leave his brother's behind".
There were no astronomers in Ancient Greece, at that time there were only astrologers.
No. Cuneiform developed in ancient Mesopotamia, before Greece was born.
The ancient Olympics were held and started in contribution to Zeus, king of all the Greek gods. The origin of the ancient Olympics were in Olympia, Greece.
Yes. This was one of the ways that the ancient Greek and Babylonian astronomers knew that the Earth was a sphere!
Aristotle.
Aristotle.
They were everything to them. Like really.
very important because the Greeks needed someone to rely on
Wrote history.
Because the ancient Greek astronomers were one of the first astronomers to discover the planets. As they looked at the planets over time they moved into different places. The planets seemed o orbit the Sun so the Greek astronomers called them planets, which meant :wanderers.
As the first ancient civilization, Greek has a large contribution and influence to western civilization such as architecture, math, entertainment(arts, drama, etc.), science, politics, language, and the like.
what is astronomers and mathmaticians