The Mayans may or may not have been first, but due to their isolation their use of zero was unknown to the rest of the world. By the time Europeans and Mayans m

The Mayans may or may not have been first, but due to their isolation their use of zero was unknown to the rest of the world. By the time Europeans and Mayans met, the Hindu-Arabic numeral system was well established and that was the system that became the world's.