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oct 31, 1750 BC - First exam questions on a papyrus

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A mathematical papyrus, copied out by Ahmes, an Egyptian scribe, offers some of the world's first exam questions

Priests in Babylon make loans from the temple treasure, introducing the concept of banking

Babylonian astronomers name many of the constellations and identify the planets

The Babylonians introduce an important step in the story of arithmetic - the concept of place value in numbers

Over many centuries Indo-European tribes (Greeks, Germans, Balts, Italics, Celts) move into new territories throughout western Europe

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oct 31, 1750 BC
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~ 3777 years ago

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