Why does a Greek star book have an Arabic name? || #shorts #Astronomy #Almagest #history #facts #iq

Learn how Babylonian sky-watching, Greek catalogues and Arabic translation carried star knowledge, and why Ptolemy's great book became known as the Almagest.

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Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Babylonia | Springer (Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_194?error=cookies_not_supported&code=fcce9670-2550-4585-b044-6b751ef5a52b