The wikipedia article gives a brief history to explain it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_nume…
it gives a direct answer to your question:
The reason they are more commonly known as "Arabic numerals" in Europe and the Americas is that they were introduced to Europe in the 10th century by Arabs of North Africa, who were then using the digits from Libya to Morocco. Europeans did not know about the numerals' origins in ancient India, so they named them "Arabic numerals".
Lesson to learn: the answer was already available online. you could have just googled to find it. hence it was unnecessary to post it here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_nume…
it gives a direct answer to your question:
The reason they are more commonly known as "Arabic numerals" in Europe and the Americas is that they were introduced to Europe in the 10th century by Arabs of North Africa, who were then using the digits from Libya to Morocco. Europeans did not know about the numerals' origins in ancient India, so they named them "Arabic numerals".
Lesson to learn: the answer was already available online. you could have just googled to find it. hence it was unnecessary to post it here.
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They're called Hindu-Arabic numerals.
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1) Can you prove your claim?
2) Because the arabs brought it to Europe via their conquest of Spain. This, and many other really useful things.
2) Because the arabs brought it to Europe via their conquest of Spain. This, and many other really useful things.