Ancient Mathematics in the Babylonian Empire and Egypt | Ancient Science Documentary

This video will go over mathematics in the Ancient Period! We will focus on Mesopotamia and Egypt, specifically the Old Babylonian Period and Middle Kingdom of Egypt, as we check out the sexagesimal system and mathematical tablets and papyrus of these cultures.
We will check out:
0:00 Intro
0:26 Sexagesimal System
3:38 Mesopotamian Math Problems
5:03 Mesopotamian Weights and Measures
7:02 Ancient Egyptian Math
Welcome to an episode of what will become part of our Ancient Science megadocumentary!
ANCIENT: For us, the Ancient period means the Copper and Bronze Age timeline, so around 5000 BCE to 1100 BCE. It is between the Prehistoric (more specifically Neolithic), and the Classical Age, and covers Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Bronze Age Europe, the Minoans and Mycenaeans, the Indus Valley Civilization and early Vedic, the Shang and Western Zhou, the Archaic and Pre-Ceramic Americas, and much MORE!
SCIENCE: This theme deals with the different scientific innovations of different societies. Videos will deal with cool inventions and technologies, construction methods, mathematics, medicine, etc.
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Ancient: (coming after Prehistory)
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[@MadeInHistory]

To explain the abrupt ending, these videos are serving as smaller parts of what will be bigger megadocumentaries to be released in the future! Subscribe so you don’t miss any!

[@StoicHistorian]

Love your videos, great content here. What voice generator do you use?

[@nadaquever5161]

4:34 thats like the babylon college entrance test

[@christineb2640]

This is so interesting, thank you.

[@steveoh9285]

Interesting history, thank you.

[@MadeInHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

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I love your content! How can I connect?

[@AngryNegativeHistoryProject]

You got some cool videos man. Better than mine at least.

[@joshuahutchings558]

Dang I found this video a week late. I just made a clay copy of the Game of 20 Squares and wrote the year on the back of it in cuneiform but I wrote it as 20 23 (like

[@Diogenes_ofSinope]

I love how the ai voice sounds British but says "math"

[@DuggageHu]

Good content. But honestly, the AI voice is irritating. A live human voice would be MUCH better. :-)