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1. Babylonian Astronomy

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   Babylonian astronomy refers to the systematic observational practices and theoretical models of celestial phenomena developed in ancient Mesopotamia, primarily during the Neo-Babylonian and subsequent Achaemenid periods. This tradition provided the essential groundwork for later Hellenistic and Islamic astronomy, particularly concerning sophisticated calendrical calculations and the prediction of planetary motions, often imbued with a profound sense of cosmic melancholy stemming from the atmosphere itse…