Question

Mathieu Ossendrijver translated tablets from this culture which compute displacement from a velocity graph by calculating the area underneath the curve in a manner that resembles rudimentary calculus. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this civilization whose study of astronomy is recorded in treatises like the MUL.APIN. The saros cycle of eclipses was first identified by this civilization whose Plimpton 322 tablet contained a list of Pythagorean triples.
ANSWER: Babylonian Empire [accept Old Babylonian Empire or Neo Babylonian Empire; accept Chaldean Dynasty]
[10h] Mathieu Ossendrijver’s work analyzed how the Babylonians tracked the movement of this body. It’s not Mercury, but the term nibiru is believed to refer to this body which the Babylonians associated with Marduk.
ANSWER: Jupiter
[10e] Babylon was also home to Tapputi, the world’s first recorded chemist, whose work distilling this aromatic product saw her use materials like myrrh and balsam.
ANSWER: perfume [accept scented oils]

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