Precise history of the beginning year of the western astrology is still unknown. It is however
clear that neither Egypt
nor China could be the place of origin. The oldest record of sky observation
was some thirty thousand years ago. The engraved bones were discovered in France.
This has indicated the sky observation although this was not used for the fortune telling purpose.
Oldest record of fortune telling art for personal use compiled from the sky observation was made by
Sargon the First of the Akkad City in Mesopotamia who was crowned in 2350 BC or it was
some forty five hundred years ago. In Mesopotamia, the ancient Sumerian people
living since about
ten thousand years ago have been observing sky phenomena and utilizing it for the purpose to
predict either the safety of their travel or their profit of sales business but not for in person desired.
The famous name Babylonia came to the history only in 1830 BC or some thirty eight hundred years ago
and it was far later the civilization of Sumerian or the history of Akkad city.
In this site, you will study the history of western astrology at first that will follow the stories of
India and Japan later released. You will see the age of Sargon First of Akkad city in Mesopotamia
that would correspond to the age of ancient Chinese continent of mythological years. And further
civilized age in Babylonia in the King Hammurabi
was the later part of mythological years just
before the year of foundation of Inn regime
in China established. History of astrology, the older years of ancient in particular has been renewed in the
twentieth century with the rapid development of the archaeology presented. As the people
in Grecian era have come to organize the systematic thought on the construction of knowledge,
they discuss either the philosophy or natural science in the glossary of knowledge abstracted.
Although compiled knowledge in the past era was insufficient and rough, however, the study on
history was originated in those days. After the destruction of Grecian civilization, the Latin
era, or the days of Roman empire began with suppression of the Grecian tradition that many
Grecian literatures were lost. Here is a note in the preface of famous
Greek-English LEXICON
of Clarendon Press Oxford quote - Since the time of first edition in 1843, many lost Greek notes
were found by the edition of 1996. Any one who bears in mind the bulk of Greek literature,
which is at least ten times as great as that of Latin, – omitted – will see that at the
present time all the bases upon which a Greek Thesaurus could be erected are lacking. - unquote
One of the reasons why the Greek notes are found in large number would be long duration of
civilization of Greek influence in several hundred years span after the death of Alexandros
the Great in Babylonia whose leading general of army was crowned in Egypt. The famous
Tetrabiblos or the oldest text book of astrology in the world was written in Greek in about 100
AD by Claudius Ptolemaios or Ptolemy.
The early stage of human civilization is still unknown. There are many countries
that had established
human civilization by the year before Christ born, or about two thousand years ago,
however, we can not define a specific location for the origin of nowadays human civilization without gratifying
two major prerequisites proposed. At first, it must be the place of ancient verified by the archaeology. In the
second, it must be the place of origin of civilization that is widely accepted not only by Europe but also in
the East in the world wide popularity admitted.
A Chinese site of eight thousand years ago approximately was found with an evidence of rice farming
production excavated. As this was not the human oldest evidence of agriculture that we do not call this
as to be the origin of human civilization world wide evidenced. Many Indian ancient sites are still under
investigation and we are at a loss to evaluate Indian sites clearly. The most of Egyptian sites are over
estimated too much in the excessive boasts of Egypt aroused that we are sometimes in a difficulty to get
material for the serious study of archaeology expected. Instead of those from others, study of archaeology
in MESOPOTAMIA is quite hopeful. Several thousand of ancient sites with several ten thousand of
clay plates engraved with ancient words that were excavated by the joint group of exploration came from
many countries in around the years of 1940 through 1980 jointed. This is further expected for the
exploration of origin of human civilization performed after the termination of recent disarray in Iraqi affairs.
Although there are many sources of human civilization advocated, the area of MESOPOTAMIA
or the place
of IRAQ could be the most powerful candidate for the origin of nowadays civilization.