Answer:
ast serious pole star was about 5000 years ago, and was Thuban.
It did not get called “Polaris” (short for “stella polaris”) because Latin had not been invented 5000 years ago.
Do you think the ancients had the same star names we use now?
If Latin was around 5000 years ago, then people speaking Latin would have called Thuban “stella polaris” as well… just like Latin users in The Rennaissance called α
Ursae minoris “stella polaris”. It’s a description… “polaris” is a nick-name
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