History of the Ancient World - # 8

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History of the Ancient World
Tuesday 12:30-3:30 pm

Seimei was stock-still sitting at his table when class started, still feeling a bit under the weather. The blue butterfly flitted around the classroom to draw attention to the scroll stretched across the front of the blackboard.

What is the earliest known record of written mathematics in the ancient world and what were possible reasons behind it developing?

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Maia mumbles something about 'to keep track of wheat in the store house' and then gazes off into the distance.