Today we looked at the counting system of Babylonia. This system is a Base 60 system with 59 different symbols.
Here are a few websites with good information:
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/numbers/babylon/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_numerals
http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/topics/num-sys.html#babylonian