Useful Links To Learn some History of Algebra  

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History of Algebra
The development of algebra is outlined in these notes under the following headings: Egyptian algebra, Babylonian algebra, Greek geometric algebra, Diophantine algebra, Hindu algebra, Arabic algebra, European algebra since 1500, and modern algebra. Since algebra grows out of arithmetic, recognition of new numbers - irrationals, zero, negative numbers, and complex numbers - is an important part of its history.
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~sxw8045/history.htm

History of Algebra by Era
This website provides a brief insight into the origins and development of Algebra. This site catagorizes the history in various eras, such as, Ancient Times, Renaissance and Modern Times. This site also discusses different algebra concepts that were develped in different eras.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110248/algebra/history1.htm

History of Algebra as an Webquest
This website provides a webquest for students to research about the history of algebra. It has clear description of Tasks, Resources, Process and Evalution for the webquest. Teacher can use this as a project in their Algebra History Lessons.
http://teacherexchange.mde.k12.ms.us/teachnett/history-of-algebra.htm

A Detail History of Algebra
This website provides a detail history of algebra.
http://www.algebra.com/algebra/about/history/

A Detail Timeline of Mathematics
This website provides a detail timeline of mathematics: Before 1000 BC, 1st millennium BC, 1st millennium, 1000 – 1499, 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_mathematics