Zero

Submitted by Maram (United States), Sep 23, 2009 at 19:58

According to Wikipedia, which is not the authority on everything, they wrote, regarding MesoAmerica: (0) were used as a zero symbol for these Long Count dates, the earliest of which (on Stela 2 at Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas) has a date of 36 BCE.^[

^{I've read where the date goes back even much further. Although they say, the zero from India developed separately, the ancient Mexicans had the true zero first.}

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