Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

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Anania Shirakatsi, a 7th-century Armenian polymath, authored the 'Cosmology' explaining eclipses and the Milky Way, and created the earliest known tables of arithmetic operations.

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Ananiaย Shirakatsi,ย aย 7th-centuryย Armenianย polymath,ย authoredย theย 'Cosmology'ย explainingย eclipsesย andย theย Milkyย Way,ย andย createdย theย earliestย knownย tablesย ofย arithmeticย operations.ย 

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