Theories abound: Babylonian math has roots in the numeric system started by the Sumerians, a culture that began about 4000 BCE in Mesopotamia, or southern Iraq

Theories abound: Babylonian math has roots in the numeric system started by the Sumerians, a culture that began about 4000 BCE in Mesopotamia, or southern Iraq, according to USA Today. “The most commonly accepted theory holds that two earlier peoples merged and formed the Sumerians,” USA Today reported. “Supposedly, one group based their number system on 5 and the other on 12. When the two groups traded together, they evolved a system based on 60 so both could understand it.” https://www.thoughtco.com/why-we-still-use-babylonian-mathematics-116679 https://www.thoughtco.com/why-we-still-use-babylonian-mathem...