Babylonian Mathematics

Babylonian Mathematics
From your Guide, a feature on the counting system devised by the Babylonians and how different must have been their problems learning multiplication.

Babylonian Table of Squares
Want to learn to read a little bit of Babylonian, Base 60 cuneiform math? See if you can figure out how to get through this table of squares. Information on the meaning of the symbols and their arrangements come first.

Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics
In addition to a more complete explanation of Babylonian tables, this site shows the Babylonians knew what came to called the Pythagorean theorem. Egyptian and Greek math may have been similar but one was practical and the other theoretical.

Babylonian Cuneiform and Sexagesimal Numbers
From the University of Florida's Robert Hatch, a page on the number system of the Babylonians.

Bibliography of Mesopotamian Maths
Bibliography on Mesopotamia, emphasizing mathematics, including transmission to other cultures and antecedents to Old Babylonian math.

Counting in Babylon
Base ten is not so different from base sixty, but the Babylonians' lack of a zero may have made things difficult. Their number system remains visible through the cuneiform insciptions in baked clay.

The First Mathematicians
Describes briefly how Babylonians did division and multiplication.