Approximately 1600 Kilometers east of the Nile lies the wide valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, also known as Mesopotamia. Was thousands of years ago …
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How did you find the area measure?
Another problem, which the temples and pyramid builders solved, was the calculation of the area, so the question, how much flat ground …
How to make a right angle corner?
The Egyptians used the plumb bob and triangles of knotted cord.
One of the most difficult problems in the construction of temples and pyramids …
How long is a cubit?
The Egyptians made metal rods, which corresponded to a cubit; they divided the cubit in hand with markings- and finger widths. The …
Who were the first mathematicians?
Egyptians, the ago more than 5000 years lived, are called the first practical mathematicians. Measured against modern mathematics, war …
What is a sundial?
Sundials were the first “clocks”, The obelisk throws his work on the ground. The arc of a circle, the top of the obelisk …
How did early humans measure time??
The phases of the moon became man's first calendar. The full moon is waning, becomes a narrow sickle, eventually disappears completely …
How did you determine the direction in the past??
Prehistoric people had no cities and no villages; they roamed about in search of food. There was neither …