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Antikythera mechanism

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c. 100 BC
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The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery built in the 2nd century BC and discovered in 1901. It is the oldest known example of an analogue computer. It could be used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. It could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games similar to an olympiad, the cycle of the ancient Olympic Games.

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Earlier and later events nearby

  1. c. 1900 BCMinoan palace of Knossos
  2. 508 BCReforms of Cleisthenes and Athenian democracy
  3. 490 BCBattle of Marathon
  4. c. 100 BCAntikythera mechanismThis page
  5. AD 325First Council of Nicaea

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  1. 1400–1200 BCMycenaean Greece
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  1. 350 BCAchaemenid Empire
  2. 300 BCAncient Greece
  3. 250 BCGreek colonies
  4. 200 BCPtolemaic Kingdom
  5. 150–50 BCRoman RepublicThis page
  6. AD 1–375Roman Empire
  7. AD 400–650Byzantine Empire
  8. AD 675Umayyad Caliphate
  9. AD 700–1200Byzantine Empire
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  1. 1220–1240Rhodes
  2. 1260Empire of Nicaea
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  5. 1420–1910Ottoman Empire
  6. 1912–1942Kingdom of Italy
  7. 1944Nazi Germany
  8. 1946–1966Kingdom of Greece
  9. 1968–1974Greek junta
  10. 1976 –Third Hellenic Republic
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