Famous For
Where was The Babylonians founded?
The Bablonians were founded more than 4,000 years ago as a small port town on the Euphrates River in ancient Mesopotamia
What number system did the Babylonians use?
They used the base of 60
What was the table made out of?
Clay
Where was Babylon located in present day?
Iraq
what foundation did they laid?
Western astrology.
What was the Hangoing Garden Of Babylon?
The Hanging Gardens were an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees shrubs, and vines.
Why did they use Sophistication Geometry?
Research shows that the Ancient Babylonians were using geometrical calculations to track Jupiter across the night sky
What was the Cuneiform table for?
It was for learning the cuneform writing table, but sometimes was used for math.
What made them so popular?
Art and architecture flourished throughout the Babylonian Empire.
What were they the first to use?
Sophisticated geometry
What did the Babylonians pioneered discoveries?
They pioneered the wheel, the chariot, and the sailboat, as well as the development of the first-known map, which was engraved on clay tablets.
What was the equations for?
Most of the equation was to help the Babylonians solve diffrent math equations easier
What is Pythagoras' Theorem?
it is a triangle whose three sides is a Pythagorean triple is a right-angled triangle.
Who were the rulers and what did they do?
Hammurabi was the ruler and he encircled the city with wallslater the city fortified the city with three rings of walls that were 40 feet tall and unbreakble.
What was there max population?
20,000 people
What massive and marvelous structures did they built?
They built the Etemenanki and the Ishtar Gate.
What was the Plimpton 322?
It was a clay tablet reveals that the Babylonians discovered a method of finding Pythagorean triples
Where was the Cuneiform table used for?
In the ancient Middle East.
How long did they last for?
It lasted roughly around c. 2500 – 600 BCE
What mathematical cuneiform tablets discovered Pythagorean triples?
Plimpton 322
What were they famous for?
They were famous for there large scale buildings like The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. They pioneered discoveries like the wheel, the chariot, and the sailboat, as well as the development of the first-known map, which was engraved on clay tablets.
What is the base of 60 called?
Sexagesimal
How many colunms and rows did the Cuneiform Table have?
This clay tablet has a table of four columns and 15 rows of numbers in cuneiform script.
What language did they speak?
Akkadian
What did hammurabi introduce to the society of Mesopotamian?
He introduced a certain set of laws known as the Code of Hammurabi which was applied throughout Mesopotamian society. This was a simple but effective change.