Pages tagged as Mesopotamia

Babylonian numerals and problemsOpen2 team

By Dr June Barrow-Green (The Open University)

13 January 2005

Dr June Barrow-Green explains how the ancient Babylonians did maths, based an a sexagesimal place-value system. Read more : Babylonian numerals and problems

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By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

12 January 2005

Find out more about The Mesopotamians programme, part of the BBC/OU's 'What the Ancients Did for Us' TV series Read more : OU on the BBC: What The Ancients Did For Us - The Mesopotamians

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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