Did the Babylonians create the zodiac signs?
Signs of the Zodiac Cuneiform planisphere The zodiac (a Greek word meaning “circle of animals”) were devised by the Neo-Babylonians. When did the Babylonians create the zodiac? The development of the zodiac took place sometime in Babylonia during the late fifth century BC (Britton, 2010). What did the Babylonians do for astronomy? During the 8th…