Babylonians computed the squares of numbers as drawing a rectangle and then counting the area. Mathematically, they could not work with anything higher than squares.
Wababeli walibuni vipimo vya namba za mraba kama uchoravyo mstatili na kisha kuhesabu ukubwa wa eneo. Kimahesabu, watu hawa hawakutumia kitu chochote zaidi ya vipimo vya mraba (squares).