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Born c.64 BCE
Died After 21 • Amasya • Turkey
Notable Works “Geography” • “Historical Sketches”
Subjects Of Study geography

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Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
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al-Masʿūdī
Arab historian
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Kâtip Çelebi
Turkish historian
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Wei Yuan
Chinese historian
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al-Hamdānī
Arab author
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Alexander Polyhistor
Roman philosopher, geographer, and historian
André Duchesne, detail from an engraving
André Duchesne
French historian
Thucydides manuscript
Thucydides
Greek historian
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Herodotus
Greek historian
Marble statue of Polybius seated with one arm raised, draped in classical robes, against a blue sky in Vienna, Austria. The base is inscribed with the name Polybius.
Polybius
Greek historian
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
Ptolemy
Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
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Arrian
Greek historian
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Timaeus
Greek historian
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Ephorus
Greek historian
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Theopompus of Chios
Greek historian
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Appian of Alexandria
Greek historian
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Hellanicus of Lesbos
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Diodorus Siculus
Greek historian

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