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Comment by foxyv

2 days ago

The earliest mathematical knowledge comes from ancient India. Many would argue that India is the cradle of science which spread to the Middle East and Greece.

Though there was certainly a bronze age layer of trade and probably knowledge transfer between ancient South Asia and the Mediterranean, we have far more evidence of direct influence from Egypt on settled classical civilizations, since the Indus Valley civilization did not survive the bronze age collapse.