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central Europe (2300-1600 BC) used standardised weights and a decimal system in trade. The number system of classical Greece also used powers of ten, including an intermediate base of 5, as did Roman numerals. Notably, the polymath Archimedes (c. 287-212 BCE) invented a decimal positional system in his Sand Reckoner which was based on 10⁸. Hittite

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