-383Babylonian Calendar Adopts 19-Year Lunar Cycle

The 19 year lunar cycle is introduced into the Babylonian ca...
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☀️ Solar Eclipse Fixes Ancient Near Eastern Chronology

June 15, 763 BC: A solar eclipse on this date is used to fix the chronology of the Ancient Near East.
Solar Eclipse Fixes Ancient Near Eastern Chronology (-763)
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🗓️ Athens Adopts Metonic Cycle for Calendar Synchronization

Athens adopts a 19-year cycle of synchronizing solar and lunar calendars.
Athens Adopts Metonic Cycle for Calendar Synchronization (-432)
Ancient greeceCalendarsAstronomyTimekeeping
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🗓️ Babylonian Calendar Adopts 19-Year Lunar Cycle

The 19 year lunar cycle is introduced into the Babylonian calendar.
Babylonian Calendar Adopts 19-Year Lunar Cycle (-383)
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➗ Al-Khwarizmi Completes His Treatise on Algebra

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī writes his treatise on Algebra The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing.
Al-Khwarizmi Completes His Treatise on Algebra (820)
AlgebraMathematicsIslamic Golden AgeScientific RevolutionAlgorithms
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📚 Establishment of the House of Wisdom and Al-Khwarizmi's Algebra

The House of Wisdom, a library and translation institute established in Baghdad by al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, to transfer the knowledge of Greeks, Persians, Indians, etc. to the Muslim world. The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing, a book of algebra, is also written there by Al-Khwarizmi.
Establishment of the House of Wisdom and Al-Khwarizmi's Algebra (830)
Islamic Golden AgeAbbasid CaliphateMathematicsAlgebra
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