Posted by Jeff from bgp01107368bgs.wbrmfd01.mi.comcast.net (68.42.59.180) on Sunday, June 02, 2002 at 11:14PM :
In Reply to: Numbers posted by Julia from public034127.library.northwestern.edu (129.105.34.127) on Sunday, June 02, 2002 at 11:10PM :
: Does anyone know why the assyrian alphabet is used for numbers? Or if not that, we use Arabic numbers?
Jules,
I know HOW it is used for numbering, but not why.
It just developed that way...
-- Jeff
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