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The concept of zero was not popularized in 500s Europe, when the system was devised.
by rdlw 2y ago
The concept of zero was not popularized in 500s Europe, when the system was devised.
- karatinversion 2y agoAnd also, the system is a direct descendant of regnal numbering, where zero wouldn’t have made sense even if invented (there is no zeroth year of Joe Biden’s term of office).