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Eduventure
Reinventing
Society ─ One System at a Time
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s the Greek empire began to widen its sphere of
influence into Asia Minor, Mesopotamia and
beyond, their people were smart enough to accept
and acclimate all the useful elements from the societies
which they conquered. Have a brief look at the history.
Ancient Greeks have made some significant contributions
to the field of mathematics. During the time of the ancient
Greek civilization, several of their arithmeticians became
famous for their work. People like Pythagoras, Archimedes,
Euclid, Posidonius, Hipparchus and Ptolemy brought new
fundamentals of thinking to society, fostering the field of
math, and building on the earlier work of Egyptian and
Babylonian mathematicians.
A few generations later, the Romans became the
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intellectually dominant society on the planet. But
unfortunately, and surprisingly, the one characteristic that
pulled-down the “intellectual” Roman society was the
dearth of Roman mathematicians. Rest assure