And we owe geometry to the need to redraw property lines after floods receded, and to figure out land area in order to properly tax agricultural production (that is, to tax the farmer). Here's the three FR topics previously added:
Did ancient Inca communicate through knots?
Associated Press | August 11, 2005 | August 11, 2005
Posted on 08/11/2005 1:18:17 PM PDT by wallcrawlr
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1461523/posts
Professor Works To Unravel Mysteries Of Khipu: Colored,
Knotted Strings Used By The Ancient Incas
Science Daily | 1-5-2004 | University At Buffalo
Posted on 01/05/2004 9:13:02 AM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1051888/posts
The Monolith of Pokotia
(Sumerian Language etched on Ancient Mesopotamian Items)!
Bernardo Biadós Yacovazzo & Freddy Arce
FR Post 10-19-2002 | Bernardo Biadós Yacovazzo & Freddy Arce
Posted on 10/19/2002 10:28:48 AM PDT by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772170/posts
whoops, three more:
Inca May Have Used Knot Computer Code To Bind Empire
Independent (UK) | 6-23-2003 | Steve Conner
Posted on 06/22/2003 8:08:43 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/933834/posts
Incan Counting System Decoded?
Discovery News | 1-30-2004 | Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 01/30/2004 8:10:33 AM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1068345/posts
Incan Counting System Decoded?
Discovery News | Feb 3 2004 | By Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 02/03/2004 6:04:59 AM PST by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070601/posts