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Who the ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician?
Hipparchus, also spelled Hipparchos (b. , Nicaea, Bithynia [now Iznik, Turkey]-d. after 127 bc , Rhodes?), Greek astronomer and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the advancement of astronomy as a mathematical science and to the foundations of trigonometry.Cladius PtolemyGreek astronomer and mathematicianModeled the movements of the Sun, the Moon, and the five known planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) in the skies to great accuracy, with a geocentric system of orbits and epicycles.Born: 85 in EgyptDied: 165 in Alexandria, Egypt
Was ptolemy Roman?
Was he born in Rome? No, he was probably born in Egypt. However, at that time Egypt was part of the Roman Empire (as was everything from Egypt to Greece to Italy to Germany to England). He died in Alexandria, the city in Egypt at the mouth of the Nile Was Ptolemy a Roman citizen? Almost certainly.
How do you learn music in Egypt?
By studying their history and their civilization and their culture. Taking a trip to Egypt wouldn't hurt.
What was upper Egypt like?
I'm studying this now...it was deserty and lower Egypt it more mountainous..........hope this helps.........
Who is the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically based geocentric cosmology of the universe?
Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, from about AD 90-168, published the earliest known systematic astronomical text which described a geocentric system of celestial mechanics, called the Almagest. Ptolemy was probably familiar with the work of Aristotle entitled On the Heavens, from almost 300 years earlier, which was geocentric in the abstract but lacked a systematic approach to observational astronomy.Hipparchus of Rhodes, a contemporary of Aristotle, described a system for recording astronomical observations.Millennia earlier, Babylonian and Sumerian astronomers of the early Babylonian period (about 2000 years BC) described the motions of the planets and arithmetical rules for planetary observation.
How do we know so much about Egypt?
studying stuff found in pyramids...artifacts...
When was the Claudius Ptolemy a Greek astronomer living in Alexandria Egypt who collected and put together extension maps of the known world?
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek astronomer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt during the 2nd century CE. He is known for his work on astronomy and geography, including creating maps of the known world based on his observations and calculations.
What did Cleopatra do in her freetime?
she tested poisons on prisoners, she also liked studying her Egypt history.
Why was Ptolemy important?
Please be more specific in regard to Ptolemy -- there were many. One was a mathematician/astronomer and the other was a general of Alexander the Great who founded the last pharonic dynasty in Egypt. There were 15 Ptolemies who followed him and many of them had a relationship with Rome.Please be more specific in regard to Ptolemy -- there were many. One was a mathematician/astronomer and the other was a general of Alexander the Great who founded the last pharonic dynasty in Egypt. There were 15 Ptolemies who followed him and many of them had a relationship with Rome.Please be more specific in regard to Ptolemy -- there were many. One was a mathematician/astronomer and the other was a general of Alexander the Great who founded the last pharonic dynasty in Egypt. There were 15 Ptolemies who followed him and many of them had a relationship with Rome.Please be more specific in regard to Ptolemy -- there were many. One was a mathematician/astronomer and the other was a general of Alexander the Great who founded the last pharonic dynasty in Egypt. There were 15 Ptolemies who followed him and many of them had a relationship with Rome.Please be more specific in regard to Ptolemy -- there were many. One was a mathematician/astronomer and the other was a general of Alexander the Great who founded the last pharonic dynasty in Egypt. There were 15 Ptolemies who followed him and many of them had a relationship with Rome.Please be more specific in regard to Ptolemy -- there were many. One was a mathematician/astronomer and the other was a general of Alexander the Great who founded the last pharonic dynasty in Egypt. There were 15 Ptolemies who followed him and many of them had a relationship with Rome.Please be more specific in regard to Ptolemy -- there were many. One was a mathematician/astronomer and the other was a general of Alexander the Great who founded the last pharonic dynasty in Egypt. There were 15 Ptolemies who followed him and many of them had a relationship with Rome.Please be more specific in regard to Ptolemy -- there were many. One was a mathematician/astronomer and the other was a general of Alexander the Great who founded the last pharonic dynasty in Egypt. There were 15 Ptolemies who followed him and many of them had a relationship with Rome.Please be more specific in regard to Ptolemy -- there were many. One was a mathematician/astronomer and the other was a general of Alexander the Great who founded the last pharonic dynasty in Egypt. There were 15 Ptolemies who followed him and many of them had a relationship with Rome.
Who is ptolemis?
Ptolemy was a Roman citizen of Egypt who had wrote in Greek. He was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and a poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology. He lived in Egypt under a Roman rule and is believed to have been born in the town of Ptolemais Hermiou in the Thebaid. He died in Alexandria around AD 168.
Where was hypatia raised?
Hypatia was born in Alexandria, Egypt. She spent time studying in Athens, Greece, and then returned to Alexandria to teach.
Who was the doctor or scientists that used geometry to measure earth?
A man named Eratosthenes did this without leaving Egypt. He knew that at local noon on the summer solstice in Syene that the sun was directly overhead. He was a Greek astronomer living in Egypt more than 2,000 years ago.
