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2024-10-31 19:31:23 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CA2A0FD1939A07310AD2738336E228585618144AA34F249B4CE7D1AA8468FB71
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All modern inventions were possible due to foundational Eastern inventions: the numeral system, zero or decimal (India), paper & compass (China), Algebra (Middle East), & Hieroglyphs & Cuneiform (Egypt). These inventions were key to any further technological progress. https://theconversation.com/five-ways-ancient-india-changed-the-world-with-maths-84332#:~:text=As%20well%20as%20giving%20us,was%20first%20seen%20in%20India https://www.cepi.org/ad-105-china-birthplace-of-paper/#:~:text=The%20birth%20of%20paper%2C%20as,with%20which%20to%20make%20paper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_compass#:~:text=The%20compass%20was%20invented%20in,fortune%2Dtelling%20by%20the%20Chinese.
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