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Who invented the abacus?

September 12th, 2008 by Admin


The abacus that we know of today first appeared around 1200 A.D. in China. No one particular person or group is considered to be the inventor as it likely evolved from various counting boards and bead systems over several centuries. The Chinese call this standard abacus a suan-pan. On each rod, this classic Chinese abacus […]