The prior system being Roman Numbers.
2006-12-13 15:50:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hinduism
the decimal system is from Indians, through trade, arabs took many ideas and elaborated on them
Hindus determined the diameter of the earth and were very close, off by 10, thousands of years ago
They had also measured half of the universe's age to be 8.64 Billion years, which is approximately close
2006-12-13 16:07:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO relgion.
It is ARABIC, made LONG, LONG, LONG before there was a Muhammad.
There was NO Islam in the world -- a fact -- they were NOT Jewish or Hebrew or even Christian. They either had no real "god" or they had some ancient belief system.
ANY religion that ATTEMPTS to claim this is flat out lying.
Islam was ADOPTED by most Arabs in 700 AD, long AFTER the numbering system was in place.
2006-12-13 16:33:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hindu-Arabic numeral system originated from the Hindu numeral system, which is a pure place value system, that requires a zero.[1] Though it is, in actuality, a purely Hindu numeral system, it is know to the Western world as Hindu-Arabic because of its introduction to Europe through the Islamic middle east.
Sourcehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hindu-Arabic_numeral_system
2006-12-13 16:01:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-11 08:48:07 · answer #4 · answered by anirudh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're called arabian numerals, but the indians invented them... we just call them arabian because of the importance of the arabs in the ancient trade routes (the crossroads of the world...) . they spread the numbers around to the rest of the world. i don't think it was associated with any religion, kind of like how the latin alphabet isn't ascribed to the pagan religions of rome...
2006-12-13 15:59:11 · answer #5 · answered by shelbimostheduck 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our current numbering system adapted is from the Arabs, who were muslims.
2006-12-13 15:59:07 · answer #6 · answered by yaynaypayway 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Arabic Numerals ultimately go back to India. That's where the Arabs got them. We got them from the Arabs. India's main religion is Hinduism.
2006-12-13 15:53:50 · answer #7 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
it was Arabic, not a religious organization. It was picked up in commerce, not through religious instruction. To say that we use "an Islamic numerical system" would be an incorrect statement.
2006-12-13 15:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Its from the Arabic system though i wouldn't neccesarily call it a belief system =/ just a writing system
2006-12-13 15:54:50 · answer #9 · answered by Austin Darkora 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Technology like that can be traced back to cultures not religions.
2006-12-13 15:55:00 · answer #10 · answered by Rabble Rouser 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋