A lot of languages have their own numeral system, how did the arabic one become the most common?
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Short story: people ditched the old roman system because it was a pain in the d8ck, and it just happened that arabs had a much idiot-friendly version that just needed some adjustments before being overall more convenient to widespread use. And because people aren’t retarded. Who the F would write 500, then add 100, then 50-10 more, then 5+3 and call it 648? DC XL VIII
Only the french do that shit, and it’s absolutely not useful.
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