Ancient Egypt began using arithmetic, algebra, and geometry for taxation, commerce, trade, and astronomy shortly after Mesopotamia did, around 3000 BC.
Sources
- History of mathematics (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Egyptian_mathematics/ (mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk)
- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/mathematics/egyptian-mathematics (ebsco.com)
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