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To ancient peoples, why were planets special?

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Planets were like gods.

Step-by-step explanation:

To the people of many ancient civilizations, the planets were thought to be deities. Our names for the planets are the Roman names for these deities. For example, Mars was the god of war and Venus the goddess of love.

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