| Value | 1 | 10 | 100 | 1,000 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 1 million, or many | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Single stroke | Cattle hobble | Coil of rope | Water lily (also called lotus) | Bent finger | Tadpole | Heh[3] |
(From Wikimedia)
What differences do you notice between ancient Mesopotamian/ Babylonian numeration and ancient Egyptian numeration systems?
(And if you are familiar with Roman numerals -- which we will visit later -- what similarities and differences do you notice?)
What affordances and constraints do you notice for the Egyptian system? For the Babylonian system?
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