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No one rely knows when Geometry was created, but Geometry can be traced back to as late as 5000 B.C in Egypt, and Babalonyans.(timeline does not let me add B.C, or go as far back as 100)
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The Egyption pyramids were built as late as 2900 B.C this proves that Geometry was created a long time ago
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Geometry can be traced back at about 2000 B.C, but it was never organised untill 300 B.C by Euclid He added original work of his own, and arranged 465 propositions into 13 books, called 'Elements' Early Greek philosophers asked that no one come to their schools that had not learned the Elements' of Euclid. (timeline does not let me add B.C, or go as far back as 100)
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Plato was not a mathmaticain, but he changed the way people think of geometry, when he recommended didnt ways of measuring objects
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In the 5th century Aristotle created deductive reasoning .(timeline does not let me add B.C, or go as far back as 100)
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In the 7th century BC, the Greek mathematician Thales of Miletus used Geometry to solve problems such as calculating the height of pyramids and the distance of ships from the shore. He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning applied to Geometry.(timeline does not let me add B.C, or go as far back as 100)
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In 1597, Galileo invented the official a geometric compass
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The fist modren measuring machine was invented in the 15th century. (Date not in B.C)
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The complex protractor was invented in the year 1801 by Captain Joseph Huddart.
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In the Middle Ages, mathematics in medieval Islam contributed to the development Algebraic Geometry.
