History of Math

	Babylonian Numerals The Babylonians only had to learn two symbols to produce their base 60 positional system.
	Egyptian Mathematics The Egyptians had a decimal system using seven different symbols.
	The Abacus Learn how to calculate with beads.
	Greek Mathematics The mathematics we use today, and its content, is for the most part Greek.
	Mayan Numeral System The Mayan Numeral System contained the number zero.
	Hindu-Arabic Numeral System Our decimal system is descendent from this system.
	Roman Numerals The Roman Numeral system lasted many centuries, and you still see some specialized use of them today.
	Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics Look up some of the first words used in mathematics.
	Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols Look up some of the first symbols used in mathematics.
	The MacTutor History of Mathematics Visit a collection of biographies of mathematicians dating back to before 500 AD.