![]() ![]() ![]() Aristarchus believed in heliocentric theory and also stated that distant stars were suns as well. After her father’s death, 12-year-old Hatshepsut became queen of Egypt when she married her half-brother Thutmose II, the son of her father and one of his secondary wives, who inherited his. We know that Greece's neighbors used astronomy for harvest seasons, rituals and reading omens (Egypt & Babylon) the Greeks believed the earth was spherical due to Pythagoras, the Greeks also tried to rationalize the night sky in a strictly scientific sense rather than a supernatural one.Īfter the 4th century the Greeks believed that the earth was the center of the universe (geocentric), they did not have scientific proof, but rather based this upon observations of the night sky (Plato & Aristotle), this was generally accepted as true, but there were some Greek astronomers who believed the sun was the center. Great Question! Honestly most of what we know about Greek astronomy before the 4th century is based on Aristotle (and it's not much!). ![]()
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