Note that Hindu-Arabic numerals include zero (0): Asian Indians were the first to discover and use this concept.
Note that Hindu-Arabic numerals include zero (0): Asian Indians were the first to discover and use this concept.
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Westerners such as King John of England learned about Hindu-Arabic numerals as early as A.D. 1200, but there was resistance to converting from the Roman numeral system. It was not until the early 1500s, around the same time as the [[Reformation]], Hindu-Arabic numerals became widely used in Western Europe.
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Westerners such as King John of England learned about Hindu-Arabic numerals as early as A.D. 1200, but there was resistance to converting from the Roman numeral system. It was not until the early 1500s, around the same time as the [[Reformation]], that Hindu-Arabic numerals became widely used in Western Europe.