VaIjipita vakashandisa hieroglyphs nokuda kwenhamba uye vakanga vasiri positional. Pakazosvika 1770 BC, vaIjipita vakanga vane chiratidzo nokuda zero muzvinyorwa accounting. The chiratidzo nfr, zvichireva akanaka, aishandiswawo kuratidza pasi pamwero mu vanodhirowa makuva uye mapiramidhi uye madaro vakanga akayera hama kuti pasi mutsetse sezvo ari pamusoro kana pasi mutsetse uyu. Pakazosvika pakati 2nd millennium BC, vaBhabhironi masvomhu akanga akaoma sexagesimal positional nhamba hurongwa. Kushaikwa ane positional ukoshi (kana zero) akanga kunoratidzwa ne nzvimbo pakati sexagesimal nhamba. Pakazosvika 300 BC, kushaya punctuation (mbiri slanted wedges) akanga co-opted somunhu nzvimbo mubumbiro nhamba. In muBhabhironi hwendefa akafukunurwa kubva munenge 700 BC, munyori wechiEgipita Kish Bêl-bân, zvichireva akanaka, aishandiswawo kuratidza pasi pamwero muzvidhirowa mifananidzo sezvo ari pamusoro kana pasi pomutsetse uyu.
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