Ancient Civilizations

Term Paper Title	Ancient Civilizations
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Ancient civilizations

Introduction
Now it is hard to see the beautiful night sky. Because of pollution that the human race made but long long ago when there was no pollution you could see the night clearly. Ancient people drew pictures of the stars that looked like things they had seen on earth. But more importantly they noticed that the moon and stars changed shape and position that�s how the first calendars came about they told you about the position of stars and the position and shape of the moon Ancient Priests were constantly checking these calendars to make positive the were accurate.
Chinese
Some stars and constellations don�t move from night to night for example the Big Dipper. This was very convenient for ancient sailors because they could navigate them selves at night by looking at the stars. The Chinese and the Polynesians were one of the first people to use this method of navigation.
In China astronomy is very important in ancient times as they thought they could predict the future and some still think that they can. The Chinese astronomers were continually watching the stars because they could then warn people of bad things.
Mayans
The Maya Indians who lived in southern Mexico found a very smart way to write numbers they were also one of the earlier few countries to record on things like the sun, The Moon, and some other planets but they were fascinated in Venus for some reason. The Mayans recorded things like the cycle of stars and the cycle of planets they recorded these things by watching the night sky for hours on end. The books they used were made from tree bark. Only small parts of four these books remain today.
But these books prove that The Mayans could predict the solar and lunar eclipse along with the path of Venus. These books were most Likely destroyed by the Spanish in the 1500�s.
Egypt
The ancient Egyptian depend on The Nile river to survive because if the river flooded the fields the Egyptians had a chance to grow there crops but the their crops would die after some time and they would have to know when to plant the next batch to let it live through the flood Egyptian priests carefully recorded when the Nile would flood and that was around every year. But the Priests also ...

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