lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoDid the year zero never exist ?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1105file-text
arrow-up1105message-squareDid the year zero never exist ?lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThe concept of zero had not even been discovered at the time the calendar was designed.
minus-squareArcticAmphibian@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 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.