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===Babylonian=== {{main|Babylonian astronomy}} The Babylonians recognized seven planets. A bilingual list in the British Museum records the seven Babylonian planets in the following order:<ref>{{cite book |author=Mackenzie |title=Myths of Babylonia and Assyria |date=1915 |chapter=13 Astrology and Astronomy |url=http://sacred-texts.com/ane/mba/mba19.htm}}</ref> *The Moon, [[Sin (mythology)|Sin]]. *The Sun, [[Shamash]]. *Jupiter, [[Marduk|Merodach]]. *Venus, [[Ishtar]]. *Saturn, [[Ninurta|Ninip]]. *Mercury, [[Nabu|Nebo]]. *Mars, [[Nergal]].
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