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1000 - 1200 A.C.

Iraq
- Al-Karaj~, induction and Pascal triangle
Egypt
- Ibn al-Haytham, sums of powers and volumes of paraboloids
Iran
- Omar Khayyam and the geometric solution of cubic equations
India
- Al-Biruni and spherical trigonometry; Bhaskara and the Pell equation
China
- Pascal triangle used to solve equations
Spain
- Arabic works translated in Latin; Abraham ibn Ezra and combinatorics
Italy
- Leonardo of Pisa and introduction of Islamic mathematics
United States
- Astronomical alignments in Anasazi buildings in the Southwest
Zimbabwe
- Construction of Great Zimbabwe structures


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Mon May 15 11:54:48 MET DST 1995