Computer History - B.C. - A.D. 1000
| Year |
Event |
| 50,000 B.C. |
The first evidence of counting is dated back around 50,000 B.C. |
| 30,000 B.C. |
Paleolithic peoples in Europe record numbers by notching tallies on
bones, ivory, and stone. |
| 4000 B.C. |
Metals begin
being created and used. |
| 3500 B.C. |
The first evidence of writing is dated back to around 3,500 B.C. |
| 3400 B.C. |
Egyptians develop a symbol for the number 10, making counting larger
numbers easier. |
| 3300 B.C. |
The Bronze Age begins. |
| 3000 B.C. |
Hieroglyphic
numerals are first used in Egypt. |
| 2600 B.C. |
Chinese introduce the abacus. |
| 1350 B.C. |
Chinese use the
first decimal. |
| 1350 B.C. |
Iron begins being
developed. |
| 300 B.C. |
Mathematician Euclid releases Euclid's Elements, 13 books that summarize
all mathematical knowledge of the Greeks. |
| 300 B.C. |
The
Salamis Tablet, Roman Calculi, and hand-abacus, much like today's abacus. |
| 260 B.C. |
The Maya develop base-20 system of mathematics, which introduce zero. |
| 1000 A.D. |
A churchman
by the name of Gerbert d'Aurillac, who later becomes Pope Sylvester II, introduces
the abacus and Hindu-Arabic math to Europe. |
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