found babylonian mathematics ancient mesopotamia modern iraq sumerian clay tablet found shuruppak near baghdad dated circa bc described earliest division algorithm ref name springer science business media ref hammurabi dynasty circa bc babylonian clay tablets described algorithms computing formulas algorithms also used babylonian astronomy babylonian clay tablets describe employ algorithmic procedures compute time place significant astronomical events algorithms arithmetic also found ancient egyptian mathematics dating back rhind mathematical papyrus circa bc ref name springer science business
Formal science Computer science Algorithms