homer on 28 March 2011
| sapphi_snake said: Oh, did you know that if it weren't for the Moors instead of writing "1, 2, 3...", you'd be writing "I, II, III..."? |
I do not know why I remember this, but that numeric system actually was made in India not the ME, although I assume based on your post that the Arabs brought it to Europe. For some reason though, I thought that it was adopted as a result of the Crusades.
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