About this document

Ancient Numeration Systems Overview by missQueserasera is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document discusses several ancient numeration systems including: 1) The Egyptian system which used hieroglyphs to represent powers of ten and had no symbol for zero. 2) The Babylonian system which was sexagesimal (base 60) and used wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets. 3) The Mayan system which was vigesimal (base 20) and represented numbers with dots and bars, relating to fingers/toes and hands/feet.

Author

missQueserasera

Language

EN