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gptkbp:instanceOf
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astronomical treatise
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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gptkb:Mathematike_Syntaxis
gptkb:Syntaxis_Mathematica
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemy
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gptkbp:basisFor
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gptkb:Ptolemaic_system
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:star
geocentric model
mathematical astronomy
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gptkbp:dateWritten
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2nd century
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gptkbp:describes
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motion of planets
fixed stars
motion of the Moon
motion of the Sun
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gptkbp:firstPublished
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1515 (Latin edition)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ptolemy's Almagest
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gptkbp:influenced
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Islamic astronomy
medieval astronomy
European astronomy
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gptkbp:manuscriptLocation
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gptkb:British_Library
Vatican Library
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gptkbp:notableFor
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trigonometric tables
epicycle and deferent theory
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gptkbp:originalLanguage
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gptkb:Greek
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gptkbp:preservedIn
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Arabic manuscripts
Byzantine manuscripts
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gptkbp:significance
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foundation of Western astronomy until Copernicus
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gptkbp:structure
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13 books
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:astronomy
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gptkbp:translatedInto
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gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Latin
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gptkbp:usedBy
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astronomers for over 1000 years
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Commentaries_on_Ptolemy's_Almagest
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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