Herodotus traces back the origins of geometry to Egypt, given the need to restore the boundaries of the lands after the floods of the Nile.
WRITTEN MATHEMATICS: THE MIDDLE EAST (4th Millennium BCE)
Floor 1Clay, stones and papyrus as memory
“In the Babylonian and Egyptian civilizations we find an arithmetic of the entire and fractions, including positional notation, the first rudiments of the algebra and some empirical geometric formulas.
There is almost no symbolism, no abstraction, no general methodology, no demonstration.
The mathematics of the two civilizations was a tool to solve the problems that were born in the daily life of people.”
Applying the theorem of similar angles, Talete showed Egyptian priests the possibility to measure the height of the pyramids without going up to the top.