Plympton 322 / Ancient History This is Plympton 322, and this mathematical tablet written in cuneiform has been studied a lot to work out how much the Babylonians understood trigonometry. I love how much we still can learn and study about the history of math! TagsAncient Egypt (11) ancient greece (29) animals (42) anthropology (52) archaeology (65) architecture (39) art (194) Central and Late Middle Ages (33) Christian history (104) colonial (22) disease (35) Early Middle Ages (37) economic history (23) environmental history (71) Eurasia/Middle Eastern history (51) evolution (34) fashion history (19) folklore (43) folklore/mythology (42) history of education (21) history of food (17) History of Magic (18) history of sex (25) Islamic history (15) Jewish history (31) literature (71) math (25) medicine (55) medieval (53) military history (48) mythology (36) Natural Parks (10) political history (33) pre-history (33) religion (109) Rome (68) science (59) social history (49) technology (51) U.S. history (73) U.S. natural parks (30) warfare (39) weapons (22) women (26) women's history (94) Categories Africa, Asia and South Asia (79) Ancient History (197) Big History (47) Byzantine History (13) Early Americas (30) Early Modern (115) Fabulous Females (62) History of Science (116) Live Reporting (109) Long 19th- 20th centuries (210) Medieval History (198) Uncategorized (2)
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