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Twent y-Fi r s t Cent ur y Books · Mi nneapo l i s
To Natalie and Jerome Gavin
Copyright © 2011 by Michael and Mary B. Woods
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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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COMPUTING BasICs
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The aNCIeNT MIddle easT
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aNCIeNT eGyPT
chapTer Four
aNCIeNT INdIa
chapTer FIVe
aNCIeNT ChINa
chapTer SIX
The aNCIeNT aMerICas
chapTer SeVeN
aNCIeNT GreeCe
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Timeline
Glossary
Source Notes
Selected Bibliography
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Further reading
Websites
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