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The babylonian and assyrian civilizations have perished; hammurabi, sargon and nebuchadnezzar are empty names; yet babylonian mathematics is still interesting, and the babylonian scale of 60 is still used in astronomy.
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The Babylonian And Assyrian Civilizations Have Perished;

G. H. Hardy
The babylonian and assyrian civilizations have perished; hammurabi, sargon and nebuchadnezzar are empty names; yet babylonian mathematics is still interesting, and the babylonian scale of 60 is still used in astronomy.
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