Why did people need astronomy? Detailed answer

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Why did people need astronomy?

People have always been interested in the weather, climate change and the sun. Astronomical knowledge was necessary for people in Ancient Egypt, and in Babylon, and in India, and in China - wherever people lived, sowed, harvested, where they were engaged in hunting, fishing, cattle breeding, traveled through deserts and seas. All of them needed to navigate in time and space. At that time, there were no good maps, and the compass was known only in ancient China. The sky was almost always clear, and the stars could always guide the traveler. For example, people realized that the North Star can be a guiding light on land and at sea.

With the appearance of certain stars in the sky, the beginning of agricultural work coincided, it was time to plow and sow or harvest.

With the help of astronomical observations, people could keep track of time: follow the change of day and night, the change in the phases of the moon, the change of seasons. Thus, many thousands of years ago, the first calendars arose.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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