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Jan 20, 2021
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Arabic numbers in use in a 15th-century French manuscript ( Bibliothèque Nationale de France, BNF Latin 14481) 

Imagine the things which could have been achieved if the Arabic numerals had reached Europe sooner. If instead of being developed in the 5th-6th century AD, the Hindu-Arabic number system we now call Arabic had become mainstream in antiquity.

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