The Mesopotamian states of Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria began using arithmetic, algebra, and geometry starting around 3000 BC.
Sources
- History of mathematics (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.storyofmathematics.com/sumerian.html/ (storyofmathematics.com)
- https://www.crystalinks.com/sumermath.html (crystalinks.com)
- https://myslu.stlawu.edu/~dmel/mesomath/index.html (myslu.stlawu.edu)
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