mohammed ibn musa al Khowarizmi
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The ancient Egyptians did not have a number zero. The Mayans knew the number zero and the Indians also knew (independent from another). The Indians passed it on to the Arabs and the Arabs brought it to the Mediterranean and later all of Europe.
Arabic numerals were invented in India (and later brought to Europe by Arabs).
Myan math was one of the first number systems to recognize "0" * * * * * No it was not! It was the Indians (from India as opposed to native Americans) who first used the concept of zero. Its use was adopted in the Indo-Arabic system which then brought it to Europe.
In Europe, towards the end of the Middle Ages in India and Arabia, several hundred years earlier.
zero + zero = zero