Babylonian Tablet Proves Ancients Weren't Morons
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It’s very possible that both groups developed the math independently. The American native cultures, Aztecs, Incas, Mayas, etc., had extensive knowledge of mathematics as well and it was certainly isolated from Europe.
I don’t think it was unusual prior to the printing press and mass production and distribution of books for duplicate knowledge to develop in isolation. Kind of off topic, but the printing press changed the world more than most realize. For example, we know that Leif Erickson reached America 500 years before Columbus. But virtually no one outside of isolated areas in Norway and Greenland knew about it. The Travels of Marco Polo was written right around the turn of the century in 1300. But it wasn’t till 150 years later with the development of the printing press in Europe did the book get widely distributed and sparked the desire for silk and spices from China and the West Indies. This created the lucrative trade industry that eventually led to Columbus’s discovery of America.
I guess my point is that after the printing press brought knowledge to the masses, no longer could ideas develop separately in isolation. And to address the point of your post...yeah...those guys way back were smart.
I don’t think it was unusual prior to the printing press and mass production and distribution of books for duplicate knowledge to develop in isolation. Kind of off topic, but the printing press changed the world more than most realize. For example, we know that Leif Erickson reached America 500 years before Columbus. But virtually no one outside of isolated areas in Norway and Greenland knew about it. The Travels of Marco Polo was written right around the turn of the century in 1300. But it wasn’t till 150 years later with the development of the printing press in Europe did the book get widely distributed and sparked the desire for silk and spices from China and the West Indies. This created the lucrative trade industry that eventually led to Columbus’s discovery of America.
I guess my point is that after the printing press brought knowledge to the masses, no longer could ideas develop separately in isolation. And to address the point of your post...yeah...those guys way back were smart.
Keep, what app/news sources do you use daily? Most articles posted on here are things I read two or three days earlier, but a lot of yours are things I haven't seen yet.
I follow “Science” on my Apple News App and I get many articles similar to Keep’s. History might be an option .
I TRIED TO TELL MY MATH PROFS THIS, FINALLY I AM VINDICATED. USE A BASE OF 60 I SAID
IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN 10, TAKE THAT YOU POCKET PROTECTOR WEARING SKEPTICS.
However unlike today’s trigonometry, Babylonian mathematics used a base 60, or sexagesimal system, rather than the 10 which is used today. Because 60 is far easier to divide by three, experts studying the tablet, found that the calculations are far more accurate.
IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN 10, TAKE THAT YOU POCKET PROTECTOR WEARING SKEPTICS.
However unlike today’s trigonometry, Babylonian mathematics used a base 60, or sexagesimal system, rather than the 10 which is used today. Because 60 is far easier to divide by three, experts studying the tablet, found that the calculations are far more accurate.
