Have you ever thought why........ 1 means "one", and 2 means "two"?



The roman numerals are easy to understand but what was the logic behind the phonecian numbers?



It's all about angles !




It's the number of angles.



If one writes the numbers down (see below) on a piece of paper in their older forms, one quickly sees why.

I have marked the angles with "o"s.



No 1 has one angle.
No 2 has two angles.
No 3 has three angles.
etc.

and "O" has no angles







Interesting, isn't it?




An ancient phonecian manuscript explains this and I thought it to be fascinating.




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