lemmyreader to AsklemmyEnglish · 9 months agoDid the year zero never exist ?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareDid the year zero never exist ?lemmyreader to AsklemmyEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoThe concept of zero had not even been discovered at the time the calendar was designed.
minus-squareArcticAmphibian@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 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.