Ancient Near East - Science, Math, and Technology
Resources on ancient Near Eastern technology, science, math, including the the Babylonian base 60 system, and the calendar.
The History of Plumbing - Babylonia
5000-8000 years ago there were irrigation systems and personal bathrooms with toilets. Plumbers used clay mixed with straw at first, then added copper, bronze, lead, and bitumen.
Symbolic Counting Tokens from the Early Near East
Photo of clay counters used from 9000 - 1500 BC described as the first system of signs used for transmitting information.
Preclassical and Classical Science
Comments on the sophistication of the systems of thinking and ordering numbers in various ancient cultures.