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The Babylonian numeration system was developed between 3000 and 2000 BCE.

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It uses only two numerals or symbols, a one and a ten to represent numbers and
they looked this these

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To represent numbers from 2 to 59, the system was simply additive


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Example #1:
5 is written as shown:

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Notice how the ones, in this case two ones are shown on the right just like the
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45 is written as shown:

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For number bigger than 59, the babylonian used a place value system with a
base of 60
62 is written as shown:

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Notice this time the use of a big space to separate the space value

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Without the big space, things look like this:

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However, what is that number without this big space? Could it be 2 60 + 1 or 1


602 + 1 60 + 1 or .....???

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The babylonians introduced the big space after they became aware of this
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The number 4871 could be represented as follow: 3600 + 1260 + 11 = 4871

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Even after the big space was introduced to separate place value, the babylonians
still faced a more serious problem?
How would they represent the number 60?
Since there was no zero to put in an empty position, the number 60 would thus
have the same representation as the number 1

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How did they make the difference? All we can say is that the context must have
helped them to establish such difference yet the Babylonian numeration system
was without a doubt a very ambiguous numeral system

If this had become a major problem, no doubt the babylonians were smart
enough to come up with a working system

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