Positional Numerals: the whole path

  1. 1
    Tools & MakingI

    Stone Tools

    The first cutting edge

    3.3 Mya

  2. 2
  3. 3
    Materials & ChemistryII

    Pottery

    Clay turned to stone by fire

    18,000 years ago

    needs 2

  4. 4
    Writing & CommunicationII

    Writing

    Knowledge that outlives memory

    c. 3,300 BCE

    needs 1, 3

  5. 5
    Time & MeasurementII

    Positional Numerals

    Digits worth what their place says

    c. 2,050 BCE

    Goal · needs 4


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