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Before we get over ourselves (structuralism in mathematics? game theory? please), I'd point out the simple things:

  • The deductive method (some Greek did it, most likely not Euclid). The basis of everything;

  • Logic (from Aristotle onward). The basis of almost everything;

  • The indo-arabic Decimal (and positional) system, which vastly increased computational capabilities and ways to think about quantities (including logarithms and the concept of order of magnitude);

  • The method of coordinates, introduced by Descartes and Fermat, which has
    changes our idea of geometry,
    established a relation between
    algebra and geometry, and laid the
    bais for the concept of space and
    basis;

  • Calculus, by Leibnitz and Newton.
    Need I say more?

  • The concept of probability (Fermat-Pascal), and the connection between probability and measure.