Trigonometry was apparently discovered a long long time before the Greeks started using it.
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And they expected me to understand it in one semester?
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The image is our last best hope for peace.
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Shh! 
Babylonians surprising us since 3673 BC when they invented milk and cornflakes for breakfast.
I’ve studied trigonometry like most and I seriously think it must have made a lot more sense back in the day when you actually DID need it to build a giant fucking pyramid in your backyard.
But what’s all this about sexagesimal counting systems did they have six fingers…I think you guys may be on to something .
Early Chinese might have used sexagesimal counting system as well. Consider that the traditional Jiaji cycle is also 60 years.
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