lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoDid the year zero never exist ?message-squaremessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareDid the year zero never exist ?lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThe concept of zero had not even been discovered at the time the calendar was designed.
minus-squareArcticAmphibian@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAlmost. The first recorded use of ‘Zero’ was in Mesopotamia in 3BC/BCE. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-zero
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agothis is absolutely wrong.
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.