Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries
Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries
Weather By The Moon But wait - that wouldn’t happen. By the time the Moon would have come that close, in about 30,000 million years time, the Earth/Moon system will have ceased to exist about 25,000 million years before that, because of changes in the Sun.. 18
The Moon in Ancient History Mesopotamia is now a fertile plain bordered by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East. Today the territory is occupied by Iraq and Kuwait. People known as the Sumerians first settled here in about 4,000 to 3,500 BC., in the city states of Ur, Babylon and Urak. Ur was one of the first settlements to be established in the area, and became one of the most prosperous Sumerian city states. The city of Babylon became the religious and cultural center of the region. In Ur, numerous annual and monthly festivals were held, including a monthly feast to celebrate the first sighting of the New Moon. In the eyes of the Sumerians, each month began with the emergence of the New Moon in the heavens and ended with its disappearance at the next New Moon. The months were about 30 days long, with the first quarter occurring on the 7th, and the Full Moon on the 15th. This resulted in 12 months or moon cycles occurring each year, which resulted in a year of 354 days. They also divided the day 19
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Moon</strong> in Ancient<br />
History<br />
Mesopotamia is now a fertile plain bordered by the<br />
Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East. Today the<br />
territory is occupied by Iraq and Kuwait. People known as<br />
the Sumerians first settled here in about 4,000 to 3,500<br />
BC., in the city states of Ur, Babylon and Urak.<br />
Ur was one of the first settlements to be established<br />
in the area, and became one of the most prosperous<br />
Sumerian city states. <strong>The</strong> city of Babylon became the<br />
religious and cultural center of the region. In Ur, numerous<br />
annual and monthly festivals were held, including a monthly<br />
feast to celebrate the first sighting of the New <strong>Moon</strong>. In<br />
the eyes of the Sumerians, each month began with the<br />
emergence of the New <strong>Moon</strong> in the heavens and ended<br />
with its disappearance at the next New <strong>Moon</strong>. <strong>The</strong> months<br />
were about 30 days long, with the first quarter occurring<br />
on the 7th, and the Full <strong>Moon</strong> on the 15th. This resulted in<br />
12 months or moon cycles occurring each year, which<br />
resulted in a year of 354 days. <strong>The</strong>y also divided the day<br />
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