Advances In Astronomy During The Golden Age Of Islam

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During the Golden age of Islam, many advances were made in astronomy. Even though their was many achievements to help us with learning, but I think Astronomy is the best because without it, we wouldn’t know much about where or what we are. Some advances are that Muslims made further progress with the knowledge of space. In the 2nd century, Ptolemy made a model of what our universe looked like which Earth was the center. Later, Muslim scientists corrected his theory and saw that the Sun was the center of the universe. From that model, scientists got the base of their knowledge, and started to develope astronomy. One of their great advances was the Astrolabe. They used it to measure distances, finding latitudes, know the time, and the position

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