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The Fascinating History of Arabic Numerals

Posted by Abu Umar Khattab on December 6, 2025 at 17:27

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The history of Arabic Numerals is strange and fascinating—and it was almost forgotten for 300 years! Join Hank for an episode of SciShow where he unravels the fascinating yarn of how the world came to use so-called Arabic numerals, and replaced Roman numerals.

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