The Yale tablet YBC7289 proved that this empire had an understanding of irrational numbers such as root two.
The Yale tablet YBC7289 proved that this empire had an understanding of irrational numbers such as root two. They are not Egyptians, but this empire used the method of false position to solve systems of linear equations, in which the values for the variables were estimated by trial-and-error. One discovered artifact from this empire contains an error in Row 15 where the number fifty three should be replaced with one comma forty six. That tablet from this empire contains a list of Pythagorean triples and is the Plimpton 322. That data was first interpreted by Abraham Sachs and Otto Neugebauer. A famous mathematician and astronomer from this empire was Kidinnu. This empire used a base-60 numeric system. For 10 points, name this empire that, like the Akkadians and Sumerians, wrote their mathematics on clay
The Yale tablet YBC7289 proved that this empire had an understanding of irrational numbers such as root two.
Babylonian empire [do not accept or prompt on \"Akkadian\", \"Sumerian\", etc. as all of these clues distinctly refer to Babylon]