LEADER 03533nam 2200397 i 4500001 99125246872206421 005 20240708094202.0 006 m o d | 007 cr#cnu|||||||| 008 201012s2008 njuab ob 001 0 eng d 010 2007041758 020 0-691-20140-4 024 7 10.1515/9780691201405 |2doi 035 (CKB)4100000011277569 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC6222100 035 (DE-B1597)554815 035 (DE-B1597)9780691201405 035 (OCoLC)1191863676 035 (dli)HEB31695 035 (MiU)MIU01200000000000000000108 035 (OCoLC)1443488348 035 (MdBmJHUP)musev2_125631 035 (EXLCZ)994100000011277569 040 MiAaPQ |beng |erda |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 041 0 eng |hara 043 a-iq--- 044 nju |cUS-NJ 050 4 QA22 |b.R637 2008 072 7 MAT015000 |2bisacsh 082 0 510.935 |222 100 1 Robson, Eleanor, |eauthor. 245 10 Mathematics in ancient Iraq : |ba social history / |cEleanor Robson. 264 1 Princeton, New Jersey : |bPrinceton University Press, |c[2008] 264 4 |c©2008 300 1 online resource (xxvii, 441 pages) : |billustrations, maps 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 588 Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (ACLS Humanities, viewed January 12, 2021). 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-407) and indexes. 505 00 |tFront matter -- |tCONTENTS -- |tList of Figures -- |tList of Tables -- |tPreface -- |tAcknowledgments -- |tChapter One. Scope, Methods, Sources -- |tChapter Two. Before the Mid-Third Millennium -- |tChapter Three. The Later Third Millennium -- |tChapter Four. The Early Second Millennium -- |tChapter Five. Assyria -- |tChapter Six. The Later Second Millennium -- |tChapter Seven. The Early First Millennium -- |tChapter Eight. The Later First Millennium -- |tChapter Nine. Epilogue -- |tAppendix A: Metrological Systems -- |tAppendix B: Published Mathematical Tablets -- |tNotes -- |tBibliography -- |tIndex of Tablets -- |tSubject Index 500 This book has been composed in Sabon and Swiss 721. 500 Printed on acid-free paper. 500 Printed in the United States of America. 520 This monumental book traces the origins and development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East, from its earliest beginnings in the fourth millennium BCE to the end of indigenous intellectual culture in the second century BCE when cuneiform writing was gradually abandoned. Eleanor Robson offers a history like no other, examining ancient mathematics within its broader social, political, economic, and religious contexts, and showing that mathematics was not just an abstract discipline for elites but a key component in ordering society and understanding the world. The region of modern-day Iraq is uniquely rich in evidence for ancient mathematics because its prehistoric inhabitants wrote on clay tablets, many hundreds of thousands of which have been archaeologically excavated, deciphered, and translated. Drawing from these and a wealth of other textual and archaeological evidence, Robson gives an extraordinarily detailed picture of how mathematical ideas and practices were conceived, used, and taught during this period. She challenges the prevailing view that they were merely the simplistic precursors of classical Greek mathematics, and explains how the prevailing view came to be. Robson reveals the true sophistication and beauty of ancient Middle Eastern mathematics as it evolved over three thousand years, from the earliest beginnings of recorded accounting to complex mathematical astronomy. Every chapter provides detailed information on sources, and the book includes an appendix on all mathematical cuneiform tablets published before 2007. 546 In English. 650 0 Mathematics, Ancient |zIraq |xHistory. 650 0 Mathematics |zIraq |xHistory. 653 Akkade. 653 Babylon. 653 British Museum. 653 Chaldaeans. 653 Egypt. 653 Elam. 653 Euclid. 653 Hattusas. 653 Isin. 653 Kalûtu. 653 Kisurra. 653 Magi. 653 Nineveh. 653 Nippur. 653 Old Assyrian period. 653 Pythagoras. 653 Sargonic period. 653 animal husbandry. 653 apprenticeship. 653 cultic topographies. 653 date cultivation. 653 discrete counting system. 653 female scribes. 653 horoscopes. 653 incantation priests. 653 incantations and rituals. 653 mathematical riddles. 653 medical scholarship. 653 metrological justice. 653 orality. 653 precepts. 653 reed measure. 653 round numbers. 653 surveyors’ method. 653 timekeeping. 655 4 Electronic books. 776 0 |z0-691-09182-X 906 BOOK