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Algebra was around in Ancient Egypt & shows up in the scroll known as the Rhind this, for the material it was written on |
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$1,600 |
DJ |
ANCIENT HISTORY |
2020-05-28 |
#8224 |
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The Alexandrian library contained more than 400,000 scrolls, most made of this writing material |
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$200 |
DJ |
ANCIENT TIMES |
1996-02-08 |
#2639 |
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The earliest boats on the Nile were made of bundles of this reed lashed together with rope |
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$600 |
DJ |
ANCIENT HISTORY |
1988-02-18 |
#804 |
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So the library in Pergamum would not grow as big as Alexandria's, Egypt forbade export of this material |
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DD
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$600 |
DJ |
ANCIENT TIMES |
1987-02-20 |
#575 |
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Our word for paper derives from this Egyptian plant |
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$300 |
J |
ANCIENT HISTORY |
1985-01-16 |
#93 |