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The variables and equations are all on a clay tablet that the Babylonians wrote. Which all leads back to tables like multiplication tables.
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Its a scroll that contains mathematical problems from 1650 BCE. You can find this in the Brooklyn Museum.
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In the beggining of the ninth century, Mahommed ben Musa al-Khwarizmi (Hovarezmi) created the full name ilm al-jebr wa'l-muqabala which is the name for math solutions, comparisons and opposition.
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The word algebra actually means broken parts based on arabic language. Which makes sense because in algebra you're trying to find the unknown the variable.
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Some may say that the Greeks founded algebra around the sixth century but this view has changed since the decoding of Rhind papyrus by Eisenlohr thinks this view is wrong.
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Egyptian mathematics-The ability to solve for unknowns in an equation involving other quantities was started by the Egyptians
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People from China began to make there own type of Algebra around 100 BC. The people from China emphasized it and developed their own Algebra. Which is very similar to ours.
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Diophantus made contributions to the second stage of algebra, later on. Abu created methods to simplify the equations first.
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Geber a Morrish Philosopher is the founder of Algebra according to the 1911 encyclopedia. He also flourished around 11th or 12th century as a philosopher.
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Over the past 200 years algebra has started to emerge as a common thing to learn.
