alleryWhere and when did maths teaching begin, by evidence?
ARome, in the year 100 CE
BBabylonia, 2nd millennium BCE
CGreece, in the year 300 CE
DEurope, in the year 1899 CE
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Babylonia, 2nd millennium BCE
1. Evidence of teaching comes from clay-tablet cultures.
2. Instruction existed in ancient Babylonia in the second millennium BCE.
3. The Greco-Roman world followed from about 300 BCE.
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