With the widespread beginning of agriculture around 9700 BC, people needed to know the solar cycle of the year, from which they could tell when the time for activities like ploughing, sowing or harvesting came. So they looked at the sky, established 2 solstices and 2 equinoxes by measuring the durations of the day and night, and associated solstices and equinoxes with the position of the sun arising in the picture of star animals in the sky – constellations.
First such constellation map in the world can be seen in Göbekli Tepe on Pillar 43 in Encirclement D. It was built around 9350 BC. We can see these four main positions within the year cycle encarved in the pillar. We can also see the first map of the world area known to Göbekli Tepe inhabitants.

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CyberSky maps [ Ссылка ]
Arctic Glacier
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Starry night
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Flamingos
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Bald eagle
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Anser anser goose
By Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden - Anser anser EM1B5927, CC BY 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
Expansion of farming
By Detlef Gronenborn, Barbara Horejs, Börner, Ober - [ Ссылка ]_, CC BY 4.0, [ Ссылка ]

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