Part one of term paper
Although the original roots of geometry can be traced to the Egyptians, the Greeks built on most Egyptian theories that we use today. Greek astronomy and Greek geometry were both used in order to answer many difficult questions of the time. Without geometry, the study of astronomy would have been almost impossible, and vice versa. Even though ...

Part two of term paper
... He lived towards the beginning of the sixth century B.C, and has been credited with many geometric theorems. Some of the most important theorems developed by Thales included: - If two triangles have two angles and one side is respectively equal, then both triangles are congruent to each other. - Angles at the base of any isosceles triangle are equal. - If two straight lines intersect, then the opposite angles formed are equal. Thales also did much work with the height of pyramids by measuring t ...