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[–] Vise_Grip_Pussy_Lips 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This sums it up pretty well, I think.

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[–] Grospoliner ago 

Yeah. You hear people go on about Algebra being an Islamic invention, but then you realize fucking Pythagoras existed a millennium before Islam and Babylon for one before that.

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[–] OneTrueCube ago 

It's more of their number system than algebra itself. Decimal places and the use of zero was super important.