Adding Up To Who Invented Numbers

In its initial stage, the numbering system was rather limited in range.
Void of base values or complex symbols, counting did not make much of a sense especially when it came to larger numbers.
In the cavemen days, there probably was need for some method to account for family members and the day's hunt. Otherwise, a foreign party could easily sneak into his abode and pinch a deer or daughter without so much as raising any suspicion.

Despite crude methods for survival, they certainly were not the ones who invented numbers in any formal sort of way.

Thanks to the Mesopotamians, they came up with the base sixty value system which was the first of many to come.
If that were to remain until today, it would certainly spin a few heads having to count to sixty before repeating the cycle. Three centuries down the line, the Egyptians invented the base ten value system around 3100BC which made life much easier for all concerned.
Although the Grecians watched and learnt from the Egyptians, they encountered some challenges due to the absence of the zero as well as decimal system.

Indian mathematicians thus took it upon themselves to resolve the matter by introducing the much needed numerical elements.
Even though some may consider zero not to be a number as it signified void or emptiness, it was still a required component in the system.
In time, the Arabs came to learn upon this discovery and compared it with the Greek numeral system.
Since the former proved to be better than the latter, they then adopted and further improved on it, thus resulting in the modern numbering system. Last but not least, the Europeans learnt from the Arabs and the rest, as they say, is history.
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