As numbers get bigger, more space is required. So for example if it was 1,234,567. You would have to put a pharaoh, 2 parrots, 3 snakes, 4 flowers, 5 question mark thingies, 6 upiside U's, and 7 I's so it takes longer.
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Spend a day using only roman numerals instead of Arabic numerals. The disadvantages will become painfully obvious.
the Egyptians
Egyptian hieroglyphics are really complicated Roman numerals, and Roman numerals are just amature hieroglyphics.
Egypt
Egyptian numerals were primarily used in ancient Egypt for various purposes such as counting, record-keeping, and astronomical calculations. They were also used in trade and commerce. However, with the rise of the Arabic numeral system, Egyptian numerals eventually fell out of common use and were replaced by the more widely adopted Arabic numerals.