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| 3 | 3 | Algebra was derived from a arabic mathematical treatise known as Al-kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-gabr wa'l-muqabala which was written in |
| 4 | 4 | bagdad around 820 by the Persian Polymath Al-Khwarizmi. The word algebra itself was later borrowed into Medieval latin as algebraica. |
| 5 | −This can be translated into english with title becoming: The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing | |
| 5 | +This can be translated into english with title becoming: The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing. | |
| 6 | +Algebra means restoration or completion. It heavily involved taking from one side and adding to another side of a equation. | |
| 7 | +Al-Khwarizimi was not the first person to discover algebra. The historical roots for algebra were around 2000 BC on tablets | |
| 8 | +stolen from Ancient Babylon. Ancient Babylon was in the region named Mesopotamia meaning between two rivers. | |
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| 8 | 11 | the ultimate etymology of the word "algebra" itself, later borrowed into Medieval Latin as algebrāica. |