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Hindu-Arabic numerals were developed around 400 BC and are used in a decimal base ten system Where were these numerals invented and why are they referred to as Arabic numerals in Europe?
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They originated from the Indian subcontinent where the concept of a zero figure was conceived. The Arabs through trading links with India soon took on board the Indian system of counting.
In turn through trading links with the Arabs the Europeans via Spain also took on this system of counting which gradually super-ceded the Roman numeral system that the Europeans had been using since the days of the Roman Empire.
The Europeans called this new system as counting in Arabic numerals.
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