General astronomy discussion

RE: Sumerian Technology

Nov@Bl@ze_X — Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:39:44 GMT

Very amusing,intertaining........but that is the biggest crock of crap since the Men in Black almost made me believe the galaxies were marbles!!! I think we should just close our minds to it altogether ,shut it out,and not consider it any bit of possibility measurable with current technology.

......................Still intertaining,though...................

RE: Sumerian Technology

huntmanc15 — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:16:29 GMT

yea it is... just fun to read

RE: Sumerian Technology

myklobe — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 07:07:05 GMT

excathedra, NIce pix! Keep posting! I love to see our fellow astronomers' pictures!

mYkLObE
http://home.comcast.net/~myklw/astronomy.htm

RE: Sumerian Technology

excathedra — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 05:28:33 GMT

A. The Sumerians only knew of five planets, not 12.

B. True, Sumer was a site of innovative primary urbanization, but cities had been builing walls for centuries before them, and the only real innovation they had was a written language, which changed slowly from tally marks for merchants to the complex priestly records and legends. Their calandar was not very accurate (360 days) and required constant adjustments to keep the seasons in line.

C. The Sumerians did not advance quickly, but stayed at nearly the same technological level for the 1000 or so years of their existance - only advancing after they were conquered by the Akkadians and brought into the Akkadian Empire.

D. The Ziggurats were easily constructed compared to the pyramids, requiring around 10,000 people working 80 days a year (between planting and harvest) for 15-18 years.

E. "The Epic of Gilgamesh" kicks ass! Read it!

Chris

RE: Sumerian Technology

carmel40 — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 04:34:19 GMT

ok....you're welcome !

RE: Sumerian Technology

huntmanc15 — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 04:30:29 GMT

thanks

RE: Sumerian Technology

carmel40 — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 04:29:24 GMT

Also here, Huntmanc15
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planetx/index.html

Sumerian Technology

huntmanc15 — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 04:21:35 GMT

Just another something to think about... Earlier i was reading about the sumerians and the 12th planet theory. I found it very interesting how the 12th planet theory would explain many things although it is pretty far out there and doesnt seem like it could possibly be true. Although something like it could have happened to explain how fast the sumerians advanced. i found this website it makes some very good points about the 12th planet theory and some good points against it.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/sitchin.htm