The History of Mathematics: The Antiquity of the Egyptian Mathematics
The development of Egyptian civilizations began around
7000 BCE. Many buildings such as pyramids, sphinx, and the
temple at Memphis are the proofs of the superiority of the Egyptians on 3100 BCE. These buildings also indicate that at least they
knew mathematical concepts in practical. In fact, many evidences like hieratic
papyrus and Rhind collections of the British museum indeed shows that the
Egyptians knew arithmetic and geometry. This mathematical concepts are crafted
in the font of hieratic, hieroglyph, or demotic on papyrus loaves, leather, or
clay tablet.
