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Babylonian mathematics

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This course looks at Babylonian mathematics. You will learn how a series of discoveries has enabled historians to decipher stone tablets and study the various techniques the Babylonians used for problem-solving and teaching. The Babylonian problem-solving skills have been described as remarkable and scribes of the time received a training far in advance of anything available in medieval Christian Europe 3000 years later.

 

What Will You Learn?

  • After studying this course, you should be able to:
  • demonstrate knowledge about cuneiform and how it was used to represent numbers for mathematical problem solving and computation;
  • understand the relationship between a decimal place-value system and a sexagesimal one;
  • appreciate the advanced understanding of mathematics in Ancient Mesopotamia in relation to anyone in medieval Christian Europe 3000 years later.

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