Compiler Chronology of the Astrology of the Middle East and the West by Period

The newly revised and expanded version of the Chronology is a compilation in outline form of the major events in the history of astrology along with the major events of the history of the time. The sections covered are as follows:

I. Early Period — From the early roots in Mesopotamia up to the development of Horoscopic astrology.
II. Early Greek Period — The Pre-Socratics through Aristotle.
III. Hellenistic Period — The founding period of horoscopic astrology in Egypt up until the Roman Period.
IV. The Roman Era — The high point of Greek language astrology up until the fall of the Western Empire.
V. The Byzantine Period — Greek language astrology after the fall of the Western Empire in Byzantium.
VI. The Classical Period in the Middle East — The rise and fall of the various empires in the Middle East up until the advent of Islam.
VII. The Arabic Era — The high point of Arabic language astrology in which Western astrology assumed something like its current form.
VIII. The Latin Period — The period of the transmission of astrology from the Arabic world to the Latin West.
IX. Renaissance — The high point of astrology in the Latin West and the beginning of efforts to reform and remodel astrology.
X. The English Period and the Decline — The period of Lilly and Placidus in which astrology reached a peak in the English world and began the decline from being a generally recognized discipline.

Astrology does have a very rich scientific background to satisfy all of the skeptics out there!