By: Casey Brady, Leif Henrikson, Ethan BrownOur project on the
Manuel period of technology
The Manuel period of technology The main points that we will
cover are the abacus, The Ishango Bone and different stuff like
that in Manuel period of technology
What was happeningTallying was invented2600 bc first known time
of papyrus or paperThe Sumerian Age until ca 2400 BCDuring the
pyramids period
The abacusImagine doing calculations today without a computing
device such as a calculator or computer. We are dependent on these
devises. We use spreadsheets for highly sophisticated calculations
and data management. But there was a time when these devices did
not exist. So what did they do? The earliest counting device was
the hands and the fingers. The calculations started getting bigger
so some sort of counting devices were needed or should I say a
calculator.Let us go back to our childhood memories. Can you recall
how you started counting? I bet you used your fingers. Gradually,
as you grew up you have come across calculating devises. Most of
you may have had the opportunity to test the Abacus.
Ishango boneAt a later stage, archeological finding of the
Ishango bone from around 18,000 BC may possibly indicate these
bones were used for simple calculations. This artifact was also
discovered in Africa, a small African fishing village called
Ishango, on the border of Zaire and Uganda. Then could we assume
that mathematics actually originated from Africa although the
historical belief is that it started in Ancient Egypt and
Babylonia.The carvings on the bone predict that they were used as
counting devices but some historians argue that it may have been
used as some sort of calendar.
The Lebombo BoneThe first ever computing devises used are
believed to be found around 35,000 BC. Archeologists while
excavating within the Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains of
Swaziland, discovered and important artifact. It was a small piece
of the fibula bone, known as the Lebombo bone, you can guess where
the name of the bone came from. It was named after the Lebombo
Mountains.This piece of fibula bone consisted of 29 distinct
notches that were deliberately carved into a baboons fibula bone.
The Lebombo bone is the oldest known mathematical artifact ever
discovered.There are no clear indications that they were used for
computing at that period. It could be assumed that they may have
been used in some sort of counting or to keep track of calendar.
There are clear indications as the Lebombo bone resembles to the
calendar sticks still used by Bushmen in Namibia. compass
advancesTallying was invented2600 bc first known time of papyrus or
paperThe Sumerian Age until ca 2400 BCDuring the pyramids
period
8 conclusionTwo things that I covered in this project is the
abacus and the Ihango bone. Bibliography/Webliography
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