Choose one question and write your answer in the text book…
Choose one question and write your answer in the text book provided Please note; A “yes or no” for some of the sub-questions is not enough, of course. You need to provide examples and context in order to earn full credit Where and when did the Egyptian civilizations flourish? Do we have original documents from this civilizations? How did the Egyptian wrote their numbers and their fractions? Are the Egyptian fractions still relevant in mathematics? Describe the Fibonacci algorithm to write Egyptian fractions using the fraction 4/7 as an example 2. Where and when did the Sumerian civilization flourish? Was the Sumerian system positional or additive? How did the Sumerians write their numbers? What are the advantages of counting in base 60 and what are the disadvantages? Why, in your opinion, made some sense for the Sumerian to use the symbol for “1” also to denote 60, 3600, 1/60? 3. When did the Roman civilizations flourish? Were the Romans interested in abstract mathematics? What is Roman’s main contribution to mathematics? When did the Roman empire collapse? Describe some of the reasons for the collapse of the Roman empire and how the Barbaric invasions unfolded