Beginning Time to Anciment Egypt and Babylonia
By: Anita Mayasari/08301244026/PM NR'08 In the period before about 4000 B.C. we don't have the records of historical data. But it can be changed by "conjectural supplementation" which more known as guessing. Our earliest historical records indicate that by about 4000 B.C. peoples had already developed an elementary number system, a calender, and a system of weight and measure. Experiment have indicate that even some of animals have an elementary skill to count. And be based on this experiment we can conclusion that primitive man could distinguish between certain quantities. Mathematics had to became more sophisticated like their culture which sophisticated too. When they stop the roaming hunter and became to settled farmer, a counting grew to be importance. They needed to know it to count their sheep were missing. Caused villages and trade grew, so they had to be able to deal with others on a consistent and fair basis. Trade and commerce required a higher level of ma