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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:geologist
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
astronomer
astrology
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Alexandria
gptkb:Roman_Egypt
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gptkbp:diedIn
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gptkb:Alexandria
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gptkbp:era
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2nd century
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
geography
astrology
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gptkbp:floruit
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c. 100 – c. 170 AD
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemaeus
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gptkbp:hasModel
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gptkb:Ptolemaic_system
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ptolemy (geographer)
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gptkbp:influenced
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Islamic astronomy
medieval astronomy
Renaissance cartography
medieval geography
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Ptolemaic_system
gptkb:Almagest
gptkb:Geographia
geocentric model
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Greek
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gptkbp:legacy
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his maps were used into the Renaissance
his star catalog was widely referenced
his geocentric model dominated astronomy until Copernicus
influenced Western and Islamic science for centuries
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:Roman
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Optics
gptkb:Almagest
gptkb:Handy_Tables
gptkb:Planisphaerium
gptkb:Geographia
gptkb:Tetrabiblos
Harmonics
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:geologist
gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
astrology
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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gptkb:Ptolemaic_astronomy
Ptolemaic astrology
Ptolemaic geography
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ptolemais
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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