Arabic Numerals Took Over 600 Years To Spread Across the West
History Unplugged Podcast · History Unplugged
November 23, 20178m 46s
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Show Notes
Western scholars first encountered "Arabic" numerals in the seventh century, making mathematics and accounting much easier. But Roman numerals stubbornly stuck around until the invention of the printing press made them permanently obsolete.
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