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Old Babylonian Surveying and Number Systems - Mathematics in Ancient Mesopotamia

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An introduction to Old Babylonian surveying and the role of sexagesimal arithmetic in ancient geometry. It compares Old Babylonian and modern number systems and demonstrates geometric scaling with a triangle problem.

Syllabus

Introduction
Old Babylonian period
OB Surveying
OB geometry Basic shapes
Scalling and similarity
OB sexagesimal base 60 system
Our number systems
Practical problem scalling a given triangle

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