jan 1, 300 BC - *C: Oldest evidence of geometry in China
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China: Oldest evidence of geometry in China. Included definitions of points, lines, planes, parallel lines, circumference, diameter, radius, a definition of volume, and the difference between a space and a bounded space. In terms of planes, they said that that planes are without the quality of thickness, and thus cannot be piled up since they cannot mutually touch. Firstknown decimal multiplication table
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jan 1, 300 BC
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~ 2327 years ago