CIVILIZATION
BABYLONIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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numbers
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solution
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zero
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was not until around 400 BC that the Babylonians put two wedge symbols into the place where we would put zero to indicate which was meant, 216 or 21 ‘’ 6.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Babylonians didn’t have a symbol for zero.
Detailed explanation-3: -Zero. The Babylonians did not technically have a digit for, nor a concept of, the number zero. Although they understood the idea of nothingness, it was not seen as a number-merely the lack of a number.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Babylonians displayed zero with two angled wedges (middle). The Mayans used an eyelike character [top left] to denote zero. The Chinese started writing the open circle we now use for zero. The Hindus depicted zero as a dot.
Detailed explanation-5: -Initially, the Babylonians left an empty space in their cuneiform number system, but when that became confusing, they added a symbol-double angled wedges-to represent the empty column. However, they never developed the idea of zero as a number.