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Sci & Tech Chronology: In the year

540 bce

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There is a productive period in mathematics. Ionian philosophers follow Thales in developing deductive proofs, the Chinese introduce rod numerals, and the Indians develop a geometry based on stretching ropes (similar to an earlier Egyptian practice). See also 300 bce Mathematics.


 
 
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