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Politics : Sioux Nation
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To: koan who wrote (174188)8/23/2009 8:46:44 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh  Read Replies (2) of 362221
 
maybe they need to be reminded how advanced they were in the 13th century when they embraced 0 and the west lanquished under the Roman church who had adopted your beloved Greeks fear of 0? perhaps.

India started the revolution... then the countries who were Muslim adopted 0 and took it right along (rather like Chess)... while the west fought tribal wars and religious wars, mired in ignorance of 0.
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