Babylonians developed trigonometry 1,500 years before the Greeks

              Babylonians developed trigonometry 1,500 years before the Greeks

University of New South Wales, Australia, has shown it is the world’s oldest and most accurate trigonometric table used by ancient architects trigonometry, Babylonian mathematics used a base 60, or sexagesimal system, rather than the 10 which is used today so fascinating mathematical work that demonstrates undoubted genius.