Assyrians Quote by G. H. Hardy

“There are difficulties involved in regarding the Babylonian tradition as a single or homogeneous phenomenon following just one line of development. If, despite this,…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

In many ways we've become the Babylon of the modern era. We learned our lessons at the feet of Nebuchadnezzar himself. It's little wonder…

— O. S. Hawkins

Mathematics is one of the most basic -- and most ancient -- types of knowledge. Yet the details of its historical development remain obscure…

— Ivor Grattan-Guinness

In creating the world, God used arithmetic, geometry, and likewise astronomy.

— Nicholas of Cusa

“It has been shown that some institutions, at one time regarded as distinctly 'Jewish', are really Babylonian.”

— James John Courtenay

“The country to the north of Babylonia was known as Assyria at the time of the kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon, and…

— Leonard William King

“Assyrian and Aramaic had long separate histories before the time of Nebuchadrezzar. But evidence shows that these languages came into contact with each other…

— James John Courtenay

There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians, Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein.

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

Here I beg you to observe in passing that the scruples that prevented ancient writers from using arithmetical terms in geometry, and which can…

— Rene Descartes

“The siege of Jerusalem lasted only two years, and it’s clear from Jeremiah’s prophecies that Nebuchadnezzar’s army was not only attacking Jerusalem itself but…

— Charles River Editors

“There is only one universal language, which is the language of numbers and proportions that are so striking and stunningly built into the Great…

— Willem Witteveen

“The Syrians called the constellation Orion, associated with Osiris, Gabbara, and the Arabians named it Al Jabbar—both meaning “the giant.”[700] The Arabian word for…

— David Flynn