Read Lindberg’s chapter “Science before the Greeks”, and “Ancient Mathematical Sources” (from
Encyclopedia Britannica, posted on Canvas, week 2) and
• Explain the main achievements in astronomy and mathematics in ancient Babylonian and Egyptian
civilizations.
➢ It is better to arrange the content under four subtitles:
• Egyptian Mathematics
• Egyptian Astronomy + Calendars
• Babylonian Mathematics
• Babylonian Astronomy + Calendars