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Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras (www.iflscience.com)
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[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good to know! TBH, I'm specifically excited to see it was present in the fertile crescent. I really like clay tablets.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Quite possible. Ancient Greeks really liked Akkadians.

[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Quite possible.

I'm not sure I understand this statement? Isn't that what the article says?

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

Oh, right.