Negative numbers were first recorded in ancient China, where they appeared in the Han Dynasty around the 2nd century BCE, primarily in the context of accounting and mathematics. The Chinese used red rods for positive numbers and black rods for negative ones. While other cultures, such as Indian mathematicians, also recognized negative numbers later on, it is China that is credited with their earliest documented use.
The use of negative numbers dates back to ancient civilizations, with the earliest documented use attributed to the Chinese during the Han Dynasty (around 200 BCE to 200 CE). They used negative numbers in calculations and to represent debts. The concept was later adopted and further developed by Indian mathematicians, such as Brahmagupta in the 7th century, who provided rules for arithmetic involving negative numbers.
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the ancient Mayans. They were also the first to perform brain surgery.
Negative numbers do not show up much in the real world unless someone is trying to figure out a problem. The numbers were first discovered by the Indian civilization.
Probably in Arabia in ancient times. The Arabs were the first to introduce the concept of 'zero'.
The first ancient civilization was Mesopotamia (Present day Iraq). I know this because this was the first thing I learned in my history book.
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The first civilization of Greece was the Minoan Civilization located on the island of Crete.
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the indian hindu civilization
Negative numbers were first recorded in ancient China, where they appeared in the Han Dynasty around the 2nd century BCE, primarily in the context of accounting and mathematics. The Chinese used red rods for positive numbers and black rods for negative ones. While other cultures, such as Indian mathematicians, also recognized negative numbers later on, it is China that is credited with their earliest documented use.
Ancient China.
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