Was watching Engineering an Empire on the history channel and the episode was covering the Mayan empire.
They were talking about how the Mayan empire “created” (don’t remember the exact wording used) the concept of zero. Which aided them in the designing and building of their structures and temples. And due to them knowing the concept of zero they were much more advanced than European empires/civilizations. If that’s true then how were much older civilizations able to build the structures they did without the concept of zero?
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The concept of zero may have existed for thousands of years before the symbol for zero was invented. If you have no apples, then you have zero apples. The concept of no apples is something that would be understood by primitive people. The show you were watching may have overstated the value of zero.
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