Evidence for more complex mathematics does not appear until around 3000 BC, when the Babylonians and Egyptians began using arithmetic, algebra and geometry for taxation and other financial calculations, for building and construction, and for astronomy.[18] The earliest uses of mathematics were in trading, land measurement, painting and weaving patterns and the recording of time.
Kuhava vumboni bya dyondzo-tinhlayo kufikela eka lembe ra 3000 BC, loko va aki vaBabilona na va aki va Gibhita vasungula to tirhisa aritimatiki (Nhlayo-Vunyingi), aljebra (Nhlayo-vuringanisi) na Jiyometiri (Nhlayo-Vuaki) leswaku vahlengeleta xibhalo, kuhlaya mali, naku aka, kuhlanganisa na ntivo-tinyeleti.[12] The earliest uses of mathematics were in trading, land measurement, painting and weaving patterns and the recording of time.