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Why are Arabic numerals called Arabic numerals when they actually came from India?

April 26, 2017actually Arabic called came India numerals

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Why are Arabic numerals called Arabic numerals when they actually came from India?

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Arabic numerals are called that because the European interpretation of those numbers comes from the Arabs. The numerals are called Arabic numerals (even though they do not resemble modern Arabic numerals in the slightest) to distinguish them from Roman numerals.