Calculations Across Cultures & History
Methods for organizing arithmetical calculations have varied
across cultures and history. These resources explore different
ways of calculating from several different regions of the world.
Kids World
Links to sites about science and math around the world . |
Babylonian Numerals
History of Babylonian numerals - includes a chart showing the numerals. |
Mesopotamia Mathematics
This web site is about the very early history of mathematics in Mesopotamia. It has a wide selection of other links. |
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Go to “History Topics” index to find a great list of links about the history of early math. Try other links on the home page to get to other good sites about math. |
Timeline of Mathematics
Excellent site for timelines of different mathematicians who lived during each period of time. |
Birthplace Maps Index
You can see a map of Europe on which one can click on a country and get a list of the mathematicians born in that country and eight larger scale maps on which one may click on individual locations and see the mathematicians born in these places. |
Math Around the World
Lesson plan about origins of math games from around the world. For upper elementary or middle school students. |
