1. ANCIENT ASTRONOMY

2. Stretches back over 6000 years, making it the oldest science by far. The development of astronomy has been intertwined with the development of civilization. timekeeping, navigation, religion and curiosity

3. Time Keeping the 24hour day is based on the time it takes the sun to circle the sky length of a month is from the lunar cycle calendar year is the cycle of the seasons. Days of the week are named after the seven naked-eye objects that appear to move among the constellations: the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn

7. Navigation Seafaring Polynesians 1000BC Use the Sun during the day. Use the Stars during night. –In the Northern Hemisphere: Ursa Major used to find Polaris (the North Star) –In the Southern Hemisphere: No bright star in the Southern Hemisphere equivalent to Polaris. The Southern Cross constellations can be used to find South.

10. Religion Babylonians thought that celestial gods ruled the sky Greeks and Romans adopted those gods. Egyptian deity Ra, the Sun God, was swallowed every evening by Nut, the Sky Goddess. Sumerians thought every evening the Sun was captured by a magical boatman. African tribes had a variety of beliefs Mayans worshiped the god of Sun, Moon, etc