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Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds (in English)
Michel, Cécile ; Chemla, Karine (Author)
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Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds (in English) - Michel, Cécile ; Chemla, Karine
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Synopsis "Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds (in English)"
Chapter 1. Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in the Ancient Worlds: An introduction (Cécile Michel and Karine Chemla)Part 1: Mathematical Writings, Regulations, Laws and NormsChapter 2. A Comparative Study of Prices and Wages in Royal Inscriptions, Administrative Texts and Mathematical Texts in the Old Babylonian Kingdom of Larsa (Cécile Michel, with contributions by Robert Middeke-Conlin and Christine Proust)Chapter 3. Computation in the Arthaśāstra (Mark McClish)4. Official Salaries and State Taxes as Seen in Qin-Han Manuscripts, with a Focus on Mathematical Texts (Peng Hao)Part 2: Quantifying Work, Quantifying Volume and CapacityChapter 5. Insights into the Administration of Ancient Irrigation Systems in Third Millennium BCE Mesopotamia (Stephanie Rost)Chapter 6. Mathematical Computations in the Management of Public Construction Work in Mesopotamia (End of the Third and Beginning of the Second Millennium BCE) (Martin Sauvage)Chapter 7. The use of volume in the measurement of grain in early imperial China (Karine Chemla and Ma Biao)Part III: Quantifying Lands and SurfacesChapter 8. The Measurement of Fields During the Pre-Sargonic Period (Camille Lecompte) Chapter 9. Early-Dynastic Tables from Southern Mesopotamia, or the Multiple Facets of the Quantification of Surfaces (Christine Proust)Part IV: Prices, Rates, Loans and InterestsChapter 10. Computation Practices of the Assyrian Merchants during the Nineteenth Century BCE (Cécile Michel)Chapter 11. Connecting a Disconnect. Can Evidence for a Scribal Education be Found in a Professional Setting During the Old Babylonian Period? (Robert Middeke-Conlin)Chapter 12. Loans and Interest in Sanskrit Legal and Mathematical Texts (Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma and Takanori Kusuba)Chapter 13. Computational Practices Around Coins and Coinage: John of Murs' Quadripartitum Nnumerorum and French Money Changers' Books (Marc Bompaire and Matthieu Husson)
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