lemmyreader to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months agoDid the year zero never exist ?message-square80fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareDid the year zero never exist ?lemmyreader to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoThe concept of zero had not even been discovered at the time the calendar was designed.
minus-square@ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoAlmost. The first recorded use of ‘Zero’ was in Mesopotamia in 3BC/BCE. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-zero
The concept of zero had not even been discovered at the time the calendar was designed.
Almost. The first recorded use of ‘Zero’ was in Mesopotamia in 3BC/BCE. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-zero
this is absolutely wrong.