PATREON: patreon.com/generalistpapers The so called Arabic numbers are everywhere in our lives. So much so that I bet you haven’t thought much about them. Where did they come from? Well, in this video we'll track their evolution through time AND space, so strap in. Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Arabic_numerals Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers by Karl Menninger https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/hindu-arabic-numerals-history-evolution-mathematics/ Music: Scheming Weasel, Thatched Villagers and Eastern Thought by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/