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And from the Babylonians, they took astronomy
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Ancient Skies

And from the Babylonians,they took astronomy

And from the Babylonians,
they took astronomy

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And from the Babylonians, they took astronomy.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:15
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

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Movie Summary

With breath-taking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important astronomical artefacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors, and our changing views of the cosmos throughou...
S01 • E01 The Babylonian astronomy is a really strong current - Ancient Skies 00:08
The Babylonian astronomy is a really strong current
S01 • E01 There's the planetary tables... The recording of - Ancient Skies 00:10
There's the planetary tables... The recording of
S01 • E01 Armed with astronomical knowledge - Ancient Skies 00:08
Armed with astronomical knowledge
S01 • E01 They weren't just satisfied with observation and prediction. - Ancient Skies 00:05
They weren't just satisfied with observation and predic...
S01 • E01 They wanted to know why the things they saw in the sky - Ancient Skies 00:06
They wanted to know why the things they saw in the sky
S01 • E01 - One man is often credited with being the person to provide - one man is often credited with being the person to provide - Ancient Skies 00:08
- One man is often credited with being the person to...
S01 • E01 His name was Thales. - Ancient Skies 00:04
His name was Thales.
S01 • E01 Thales of Miletus is the person we tend to call - Ancient Skies 00:06
Thales of Miletus is the person we tend to call
S01 • E01 He shifts the way in which Greeks think about - Ancient Skies 00:07
He shifts the way in which Greeks think about
S01 • E01 Thales lived in the sixth century B.C. - Ancient Skies 00:04
Thales lived in the sixth century B.C.
S01 • E01 He was from Miletus, a Greek settlement - Ancient Skies 00:09
He was from Miletus, a Greek settlement
S01 • E01 He is credited with being the first person - Ancient Skies 00:07
He is credited with being the first person
S01 • E01 For Thales and his fellow philosophers, - Ancient Skies 00:10
For Thales and his fellow philosophers,
S01 • E01 They believed this was as true for things in the skies, - Ancient Skies 00:11
They believed this was as true for things in the skies,
S01 • E01 He stops asking questions about - Ancient Skies 00:06
He stops asking questions about
S01 • E01 This earthquake, that storm, this lightning bolt... - Ancient Skies 00:05
This earthquake, that storm, this lightning bolt...
S01 • E01 And instead asks questions about phenomenon: - Ancient Skies 00:08
And instead asks questions about phenomenon:
S01 • E01 In the process, these phenomena cease to be supernatural - Ancient Skies 00:12
In the process, these phenomena cease to be supernatural
S01 • E01 This was a pivotal moment - Ancient Skies 00:07
This was a pivotal moment
S01 • E01 It was now possible to believe that - Ancient Skies 00:10
It was now possible to believe that