![]() The moon and Venus, too, held superior places.Īlexander the great advanced on Egypt in later 332 B.C. The Egyptians believed that the sun god controlled the Nile River, the nucleus of life in Egypt, and by virtue of it made the people prosperous. Till 300 B.C, only the priests were conversant with the knowledge of the heavens and they were practicing religion and astrology simultaneously. Worshiping celestial bodies and natural phenomena as gods was prevalent in other cultures like Akkandian, a neighboring region of Sumer, but, of course with different names. Sumerians worshipped other gods too, especially gods of creation. ![]() The moon god was named as Nanna, the sun god as Utu, and the god of Venus as Inanna. These known heavenly bodies were considered as gods, or the abode of gods. ![]() The Sumerians, who settled in Mesopotamia around 4000 B.C., were the first people to worship the sun, moon, and the planet Venus. If the Mesopotamians are considered as the real inventors, it might be true that the Egyptians adapted a system related to the subject from the Mesopotamians which got the name "astrology". It is interesting to note that the word "astrology" has been derived from the Greek "astron" (constellation) and "logia" (study of). Though Egyptian astrology is also claimed to be the forerunner in the field, it is hard to determine the definite origin of astrology between these two traditions, on the basis of the existing evidences and available write ups.
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