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... Egyptian traditions . - On the other hand , Greek astronomy was largely of Babylonian origin , though it was also inspired by Egyptian examples . The Babylonian influence con- tinued to make itself felt throughout historic times , and ...
... Egyptian traditions . - On the other hand , Greek astronomy was largely of Babylonian origin , though it was also inspired by Egyptian examples . The Babylonian influence con- tinued to make itself felt throughout historic times , and ...
Page 73
... Egyptian influences is very striking . The Greek preference for expressing ordinary fractions as the sum of ... Egyptian statues of the early dynasties which are not a whit inferior to the best Greek productions , while the Egyptian ...
... Egyptian influences is very striking . The Greek preference for expressing ordinary fractions as the sum of ... Egyptian statues of the early dynasties which are not a whit inferior to the best Greek productions , while the Egyptian ...
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... Egyptian work altogether and to consider it only as a collection of empirical recipes . In this they were certainly mistaken , for the Egyptian knowledge was far from being fragmentary and accidental ; it was already methodic to a ...
... Egyptian work altogether and to consider it only as a collection of empirical recipes . In this they were certainly mistaken , for the Egyptian knowledge was far from being fragmentary and accidental ; it was already methodic to a ...
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