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The Ancients

Postby BlackMumba » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:28 pm

What do you think caused the ancient egyptians to develop such mathematic skills at such a point in the history time line?
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Postby Zenith » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:29 pm

Probably talent, practice and a great education system.
Never really thought about it much myself....
Maybe it was a civilization with many above average IQs.
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Re: The Ancients

Postby welshnerd » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:34 am

BlackMumba wrote:What do you think caused the ancient egyptians to develop such mathematic skills at such a point in the history time line?


Well Maths obviously developed from menial tasks. Like farming, building. Mass buildings of course require a larger amount of simple maths.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematics#Early_mathematics

The wiki link talk s of how maths dates back as far as 70,000 BC, Babylonians also were great pioneers of Maths.
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Re: The Ancients

Postby BlackMumba » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:17 pm

welshnerd wrote:
BlackMumba wrote:What do you think caused the ancient egyptians to develop such mathematic skills at such a point in the history time line?


Well Maths obviously developed from menial tasks. Like farming, building. Mass buildings of course require a larger amount of simple maths.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematics#Early_mathematics

The wiki link talk s of how maths dates back as far as 70,000 BC, Babylonians also were great pioneers of Maths.


Thanks welshnerd, that was a great help.
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