How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry — 1,000 years before the Greeks
- Written by: Daniel Mansfield, Senior lecturer, UNSW
This stone tablet records the restoration of certain lands by the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina to a priest. Babylonian, circa 870 BCE. From Sippar (Tell Abu Habbah)WikipediaOur modern understanding of trigonometry harks back to ancient Greek astronomers studying the movement of celestial bodies through the night sky.
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