Abraham Might Have Known the Pythagorean Theorem
You are looking at an ancient tablet displayed in the British Museum. It includes what is today known as the Pythagorean Theorem for calculating the area of a field, circa 1800 BCE.
On this tablet, students are asked to calculate the areas of various fields of land. Therefore, the Pythagorean Theorem may have been well-known to Abraham.
This tablet predates Pythagoras, who lived in Babylon in 525 BCE.
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Tablet for calculating the area of a field, c. 1800 BCE
On this tablet, students are asked to calculate the areas of various fields of land. This tablet predates Pythagoras, who lived in Babylon in 525 BCE.
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