BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY

Babylonian mythology is based on the belief of different myths, legends and religions; it arose in the second millennium BCE. The belief in these gods became so strong that it caused the birth of a city.

During the second millennium B.C. many tribes got together and decided to lead a peaceful life without anguish, they settled in what is now known as Syria and, together with the code of Hammurabi, Babylon was established as a city.


For the Chaldeans, cultural heirs of the Sumerians, the Universe was a completely closed region. The Earth was flat, it was made up of immense plains with a huge mountain in the center and it floated on a great sea, which was a space forbidden to men and was called the waters of death.
Heaven had been built by Marduk, out of hard, polished metal that reflected sunlight during the day. When night came, it took on a dark blue color because it became a curtain where the gods represented the planets, the Moon and the stars.

                                               Gardens of Babylon

 The Chaldeans believed that the heavenly bodies had been placed there by the gods for the benefit of human beings, and they believed that the stars and planets contained mysterious knowledge that men could discover by studying their movement.