The subject of algebra is the mathematical language used to explain patterns in the universe. The name algebra was introduced to European languages via the Blackamoors who used the Arabic term al-gebra or al-jebr, or the gebra.
The term, however, originates with Medu-Ntchr.
It derives from the combination of the divinities Geb and Ra, or Geb-Ra. Geb is the divinity of the earth/physical realm. His name is also spelled Jeb. The use of this word is still used in Arabic, especially in reference to mountains.
Such is the case with the Sudanese holy mountain of Amen-Ra that is spelled Gebel Barkal or alternately Jebel Barkal.
Ra is the divinity of the lightforce of the sun, or the nonphysical but visible realm.
Thus, the concept of Geb + Ra is the relationship between the physical and the non-physical (but visible) realm.
The mathematical study of the patterns found in this relationship is called Geb-Ra in Kushite-Kemetic, which translated into Arabic as al-gebra or al-gebr/al-jebr and into European languages via the Blackamoors as algebra.
Kemetic algebra from the so-called Rhind Papyrus.
(for further study of Kemetic mathematics, refer to Dr. Obenga's African Philosophy: The Pharaonic Period).
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