
I'm sure many of you know the Pythagorean Theorem by memory. And, I am sure many of you attribute it to Pythagoras.
But what if your assumption was wrong? What if Pythagoras did not come up with it on his own? What if the history of the Pythagorean Theorem was spread throughout the world, and for thousands of years?
This is the true history of the Pythagorean Theorem..
Over 1000 years before Pythagoras was born, properties of the Pythagorean Theorem were used in Mesopotamia!

In the early 1900s, archaeologists discovered tablets dating back to 1800BC in Mesopotamia. Inscribed on the tablet, called Plimpton 322, were various Pythagorean Triples!
This means that for over a thousand years before the "founder" of the Pythagorean Theorem was even born, people were using various aspects of the Pythagorean Theorem!
Around the same time, Egyptians knew the relationship between special right triangles. This property was used to create the Pyramids.

The Rhind Papyrus was placed in the British Museum in the mid-1800s, which dates back to around 1650BC.
This means that once again, many centuries before Pythagoras' life, people were using aspects of the Pythagorean Theorem!
Sometime between 500 BC and 100 AD, the Gougu Theorem (or the Pythagorean Theorem) was recorded.

The Chinese mathematicians possibly even proved the Pythagorean Theorem, not simply used properties like the Babylonians.
Here, the emphasis was on the areas of squares and their relationship with right triangles.
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I'm sure many of you know the Pythagorean Theorem by memory. And, I am sure many of you attribute it to Pythagoras.
But what if your assumption was wrong? What if Pythagoras did not come up with it on his own? What if the history of the Pythagorean Theorem was spread throughout the world, and for thousands of years?
This is the true history of the Pythagorean Theorem..
Over 1000 years before Pythagoras was born, properties of the Pythagorean Theorem were used in Mesopotamia!
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