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2. Where did the system of Arabic numerals come from originally? To what regions did it spread after al-Khwarizmi wrote his book on the subject? ​

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al-Khwarizmi, India and Europe.
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Hindu-Arabic numerals, set of 10 symbols—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0—that represent numbers in the decimal number system. They originated in India in the 6th or 7th century and were introduced to Europe through the writings of Middle Eastern mathematicians, especially al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi, about the 12th century.

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