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Twent y-Fi r s t Cent ur y Books · Mi nneapo l i s
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To Natalie and Jerome Gavin
Copyright © 2011 by Michael and Mary B. Woods
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in
a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for
the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.
Twenty-First Century Books
A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
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Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A.
Website address: www.lernerbooks.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Woods, Michael, 1946-
Ancient computing technology : from abacuses to water clocks / by Michael Woods and Mary B. Woods.
p. cm. — (Technology in ancient cultures)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–7613–6528–0 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Mathematics, Ancient—Juvenile literature. 2. Counting—Methodology—History—To 1500—Juvenile literature.
I. Woods, Mary B. (Mary Boyle), 1946– II. Title.
QA22.W664 2011
510.28’4—dc22
2010027927
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 – PC – 12/31/10
eISBN: 978-0-7613-7271-4
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T aB le o F c o NT eN TS
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INTroducTIoN
chapTer oNe
COMPUTING BasICs
chapTer TWo
The aNCIeNT MIddle easT
chapTer Three
aNCIeNT eGyPT
chapTer Four
aNCIeNT INdIa
chapTer FIVe
aNCIeNT ChINa
chapTer SIX
The aNCIeNT aMerICas
chapTer SeVeN
aNCIeNT GreeCe
chapTer eIGhT
aNCIeNT rOMe
epIloGue
aFTer The aNCIeNTs
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Timeline
Glossary
Source Notes
Selected Bibliography
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Further reading
Websites
Index
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