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The oldest known multiplication tables were used by the Babylonians about 4000 years ago. [2] However, they used a base of 60. [2] The oldest known tables using a base of 10 are the Chinese decimal multiplication table on bamboo strips dating to about 305 BC, during China's Warring States period. [2] "Table of Pythagoras" on Napier's bones [3]
Gillian Honorine Mary Herbert, Baroness Hemingford, CBE, FRSL (née Bliss; 29 April 1937 – 18 October 2020), known professionally as Jill Paton Walsh, was an English novelist and children's writer. She may be known best for her Booker Prize -nominated novel Knowledge of Angels and for the Peter Wimsey – Harriet Vane mysteries that continued ...
Mansergh is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the village of Mansergh and the hamlet of Old Town , and is located 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north of Kirkby Lonsdale , 9.8 miles (15.8 km) south east of Kendal and 53.2 miles (85.6 km) south of Carlisle .
These Truths: A History of the United States is a one-volume book of American history written by historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore.It traces American politics, law, journalism, and technology from the Age of Discovery through the present day, focusing on America's founding truths and their role in uniting, dividing, and transforming the nation.
"Jack and Jill" (sometimes "Jack and Gill", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the commonest tune and its variations as number 10266, [ 1 ] although it has been set to several others.
Gütersloh lies in the Emssandebene, south-west of the Teutoburg Forest and on the north-eastern edge of the Westphalian Basin and has no significant points of elevation. . The city's lowest point is 64 metres (210 ft) above sea level on the river Ems near the Princess Royal Barracks and the highest point is 105 metres (344 ft) above sea level in the eastern township of Friedrichsd
Jill Lepore is an American historian and journalist. She is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University [ 1 ] and a staff writer at The New Yorker , where she has contributed since 2005.
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game.