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History of Math - Mathematics in Medieval Europe
Explore European math from the 12th- to the 14th-century. Meet Gherard of Cremona, Adelard of Bath, Fibonacci, Jordanus, and Oresme.
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/mideval/mideval.html
History of Mathematics - Facets of India
Describes the importance of mathematics in ancient India and the appearance in the Rig Veda of Indian Beez Ganit, to be called in Arabic al-Jabr.
http://www.geocities.com/dipalsarvesh/mathematics.html
History of Mathematics - The Origins of Mathematics
Math professor Donald Allen offers this overview of the origins of mathematics. Follow the numbers from the primitive to the modern system.
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/origins/origins.html
Mathematics - Ancient Science and its Modern Fates
Read about how ancient Greek mathematics texts were revived during the late Middle Ages and helped bring about the beginning of the Renaissance.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/math.html
MSN Encarta - Mathematics
Offers a comprehensive history of mathematics, from its ancient roots through the Greek, Arabic, and Enlightenment periods, to the modern day.
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761578291

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