
From the Vault: The Origins of Numeracy
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Mathematical Literacy in the Early Middle Ages
First large scale evidence of mathematics as an intellectual activity probably dates to the midle bronze age in egypt, arounda 15 60 b c h. Neolithic, so eties used clay and stone counters to keep track of quantities of stored goods for example. And writing was a primary function of written records in the earliest state societies of the late fourth millennium.
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