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English: w:Plimpton 322, Babylonian tablet listing pythagorean triples
العربية: لوحة بابلية (رقم طيني) تحتوى على جداول رياضية، يعود تاريخها إلى ما يقارب ألف وثمان مائة عام قبل الميلاد اسمها بليمتون 322.
Date BCE =)) (uploaded 13 September 2006)
Source image copied from http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/courses/m446-03/pl322/pl322.html
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Mathematics in ancient Babylonia

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