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===Astronomical===
====Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa====
[[File:Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa.jpg|thumb|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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[[Category:Ancient Near East|Chronology]]
[[Category:History of the Middle East]]
[[Category:Alternative chronologies]]
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