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Apparently other people think there is a connection. I'm not sure what the sources are, but it seems there are a few places that had similar things. http://www
by vyrotek 16y ago
Apparently other people think there is a connection. I'm not sure what the sources are, but it seems there are a few places that had similar things.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-239461704.html?key=01-42160D517E1A1760170C0318066A4B2E224E324D3417295C30420B61651B617F137019731B7B1D6B39 http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-239461704.html?key=01-42160D...
The Romans used knotted strings for tax collecting at least into the second century A.D., and there are references to a quipu-like system used in China around 500 B.C. Knotted strings are still used in rural areas of Okinawa, Hawaii, and West Africa.
- troymc 16y agoIndeed, it's very common for something to be invented independently in different places. (Some would go farther, citing evidence that independent simultaneous invention is, in fact, the rule rather than the exception.) Further reading: http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2009/08/progression_of.php http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2009/08/progression_o...