CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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Which Sumerian invention was based on their knowledge of astronomy?
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ziggurat
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calendar
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cuneiform
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base 60 number system
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1609, using this early version of the telescope, Galileo became the first person to record observations of the sky made with the help of a telescope. He soon made his first astronomical discovery.
Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest sophisticated astronomy arose in ancient Babylonia, in central Mesopotamia, and there are three reasons why it happened there rather than, say, in ancient Greece.
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