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Please explain what I am suppose to do *read the whole thing please* this is my assignment:

Many cultures have written numbers differently from the way we write numbers now. Among these are the ancient Greeks of Europe, Aztecs of Mexico, The Yoruba and Egyptians of Africa, the Hebrews, The Babylonians, and all the cultures of Southern And Eastern Asia. Read about the numeration systems of one of these cultures or some other culture with a different numeration. Write a short report explaining how the numbers 1 through 10, 25, 100, and larger numbers were written by these people


I picked the Babylonians but I can only find a chart that shows up to 50.....does anyone know where I can get this chart? and please explain what exactly I'm suppose to do...i'm a little confused

Answer 1

Could you choose the Romans? It is quite easy to find information on Roman numerals.

The Babylonian number system began with tally marks, just as most ancient number systems did. Here are a few sites that may help you with the Babylonian system. Best of luck with it.

Answer 2

For the chart, and some other options, check out the link below. The Chinese and the Mayan numbers are pretty interesting.

Basically, having chosen your culture and their number system, write a report to explain how the numbers are written in the culture chosen. For example the Mayan system, there's a specific way to arrange the dots and the lines. If you choose that system, explain what's the rules about the specific arrangement to form the numbers.

Answer 3

You might want to bookmark this link for future use.
The Unicode Character Code Charts By Script
http://www.unicode.org/charts/
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Mesopotamia/Babylonian
Click on /Cuneiform Numbers
Cuneiform
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/CUNEI.HTM

Babylonian civilisation in Mesopotamia
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Babylonian_numerals.html
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Persian
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U103A0.pdf
Navigating the Mesopotamia/Babylonian link is quite lengthy
Hope this helps
I also included a link that is about Mesopotamia/Babylonia
I had to narrow it down to what type of script and by going thru history discovered it was cuneiform