Astronomy Regions of Interest

These regions are ones that are of most interest in the astronomy of long ago, i.e., it will mainly cover regions where people were practicing astronomy from 4,000 B.C. to the age of modern astronomy (1687 when Newton issued his universal Law of Gravitation). We will of course be adding to this section frequently! If you would like to see a region or event added to this list, please submit your suggestion to our comments system.

Region	Points of Interest (Places and People from this region)
Africa	Ancient Egyptian Astronomy Aristrachus - first estimation of Earth-Sun distance Eratosthenes - circumference of the Earth
Babylonia	Ancient Babylonian Astronomy
British Isles	Newgrange Passage Tomb Stonehenge Stone Monument The founding of archeoastronomy
Central America	Ancient Maya Astronomy
China	Ancient Chinese Astronomy
Denmark	Tycho Brahe - incredible naked-eye astronomer
France	The Stones of Carnac
Germany	Johann Bayer - Bayer system of star designation Kepler - Laws of Planetary Motion
Greece	Ancient Greek Astronomy Hipparchus - first star map Ptolemy - geocentric theory of the universe
Italy	Galileo - used one of the 1st telescopes The megalithic structures at Fossa
Netherlands	Hans Lippershey, inventor of the telescope
North America	Ancient Native American astronomy
Poland	Copernicus - heliocentric theory of the universe
Roman Empire	Ancient Roman Astronomy Julian calendar (solar calendar)
Scotland	The Cairns of Clava
South America	Ancient Inca Astronomy
Wales	The Dolmen megalithic structure of Pentre Ifan in Wales

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