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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:historical_period
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gptkbp:centralTo
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gptkb:Alexandria
gptkb:Babylon
gptkb:Rhodes
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gptkbp:developedBy
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gptkb:Hellenistic_world
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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precession of the equinoxes
distance to the Moon
length of the year
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Hellenistic astronomy
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gptkbp:influenced
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Islamic astronomy
Medieval European astronomy
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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Greek philosophy
Babylonian astronomy
Egyptian astronomy
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Syriac
Arabic (later translations)
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gptkbp:majorWork
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gptkb:Almagest
gptkb:On_the_Sizes_and_Distances_of_the_Sun_and_Moon
On the Moving Sphere
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gptkbp:method
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star catalogues
trigonometry
systematic observation
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gptkbp:notableFigure
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gptkb:Seleucus_of_Seleucia
gptkb:Hipparchus
gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemy
gptkb:Eratosthenes
gptkb:Aristarchus_of_Samos
gptkb:Apollonius_of_Perga
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:armillary_sphere
gptkb:dioptra
astrolabe
parapegma
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gptkbp:period
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323 BCE – 31 BCE
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gptkbp:preservedIn
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gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
medieval manuscripts
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Hellenistic_mathematics
Hellenistic philosophy
Babylonian astronomy
Egyptian astronomy
ancient Greek science
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gptkbp:theoryDevelopedBy
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geocentric model
epicycles
eccentric circles
heliocentric hypothesis (Aristarchus)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Babylonian_astronomical_diaries
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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