Chronology of the ancient Near East: Difference between revisions

===Astronomical===

====Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa====

In the series, the conjunction of the rise of Venus with the new moon provides a point of reference, or rather three points, for the conjunction is a [[Periodic function|periodic]] occurrence. Identifying a conjunction during the reign of king [[Ammisaduqa]] with one of these calculated conjunctions will therefore fix, for example, the accession of Hammurabi as either 1848, 1792, or 1736 BC, known as the "high" ("long"), "[[Middle chronology|middle]]", and [[Short chronology|"short (or low) chronology"]].

 

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