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- Humans have ability to tally and count
- prehistoric
- humans possess number sense and sense of form
- prehistoric
- prehistoric times
- to 3000 b.c.
- egyptian hieroglyphic system of numeration
- egyptian/babylonian, 3000 b.c.
- babylonian sexagesimal system of numeration
- egyptian/babylonian, 2300 b.c.
- babylonians use PIE=25/8
- egyptian/babylonian, 2000 b.c.
- rhind and moscow papyrus show evidence of algebra
- egyptian/babylonian, 1650 b.c. & 1850 b.c.
- babylonians and egyptians develop arithmetic and practical geometry
- egyptian/babylonian
- thales, deductive geometry
- greek, 600 b.c.
- chinese books 'arithmetic of 9 sections' & 'book of changes' show understanding of geometry and permutations
- egyptian/babylonian, 1100 b.c.
- mayan system of numeration
- egyptian/babylonian, 300 b.c.
- pythagorean school
- greek, 540 b.c.
- ionic greek numeration system
- greek, 450 b.c.
- platonic schools
- greek, 380 b.c.
- eudoxus - method of exhaustion
- greek, 370 b.c.