| Date | Period | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 8000 | Tokens. | |
| 3500-3000 | Proto-literate
(Uruk) |
Development of writing. Economic texts. |
| 3000-2350 | Early Dynastic | Metrological
numeration systems.
Earliest tables, mathematical problem texts. |
| 2350-2200 | Old Akkadian | |
| 2100-2000 | Ur III or
Neo-Sumerian |
Development of sexagesimal place value notation. |
| 2000-1600 | Old Babylonian | Main source of our knowledge
of Mesopotamian mathematics.
Tables: multiplication, roots, powers, reciprocals, coefficients. Algorithmic problems. |
| 2000-1400 | Old Assyrian | |
| 1600-1100 | Kassite | |
| 1400-1000 | Middle Assyrian | |
| 1000-612 | Neo Assyrian | |
| 625-539 | Neo Babylonian | |
| 539-331 | Persian | |
| 331-323 | Alexander | |
| 312-64 AD | Seleucid | Computational astronomy |
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