Thread: When was the 20th century? (was: Song of the Century)
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This is not westerm mathematics, it was in Europe. Also, they didn't need a number zero. They just said, "This is day 365 and soon, the number will be very large. The Earth just completed another pass around the sun so lets count that." Therefore, that was year zero even though they didn't call it zero. So, it doesn't matter whether they had the number zero or not.
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