Astronomy of Other Cultures - Babylonian Astronomy - Numbers and the Calendar

In this lecture, we will briefly discuss the numbering system used by the Babylonians which we still use for some things today. In addition, we will look at the calendar developed by the Babylonians.

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The Astronomy of Other Cultures video will be uploaded each Wednesday.
The Exploration of the Solar System video will be uploaded each Friday.

These lecture videos are designed to complement the content in the OpenStax Astronomy 2e textbook. The book can be downloaded free of charge at: https://openstax.org/details/books/as...

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You can access the most current versions of the lecture videos through the following playlist:    • OpenStax Astronomy 2e - Lecture Videos - 2023  

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