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Although the ancient Sumerians were the first to record the names of constellations on clay tablets, the earliest known star catalogues were compiled by the ancient Babylonians of Mesopotamia in the late 2nd millennium BC, during the Kassite Period ( ca.
1531 BC to ca.
1155 BC ).
They are better known by their Assyrian-era name ' Three Stars Each '.
These star catalogues, written on clay tablets, listed thirty-six stars: twelve for ' Anu ' along the celestial equator, twelve for ' Ea ' south of that, and twelve for ' Enlil ' to the north.
The Mul. Apin lists, dated to sometime before the Neo-Babylonian Empire ( 626-539 BC ), are direct textual descendants of the ' Three Stars Each ' lists and their constellation patterns show similarities to those of later Greek civilization.

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