What was mathematics 600 years ago?

Answer 1

Take the current year, and subtract however many years you want to go back in history.

So if the current year is 2011, then

2011 - 600 = 1411

Answer 2

Most of the algebra and geometry taught today through the undergraduate

level was alive and quite mature 600 years ago.

Calculus and some specialized topics like linear algebra have been added

since then, but Galileo, Copernicus, and Columbus' navigators were far from

innumerate savages.