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Mathematics in ancient Iraq : a social history

by Eleanor Robson

This study traces the development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East from the fourth millennium to the second century BCE. Drawing on cuneiform evidence, it examines mathematical practice within its broader social, political, and economic contexts.

Accession 24216 ISBN 9780691091822 Publisher Princeton University Press
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