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<blockquote data-quote="sjmiller" data-source="post: 2838222" data-attributes="member: 17262">I believe most people here will agree that AD 1202 is during the middle ages.&nbsp; In that year Leonardo Fibonacci wrote Liger abaci which introduced Arabic numbers, and the decimal point, to Europe.&nbsp; This book spread throughout the scientific and investigative sectors of society.&nbsp; Within a very short time the information used in this book was being used and discussed throughout Europe.&nbsp; So, to say that the decimal point was never used in the Middle Ages is not correct.Plus, being that the Middle Ages is a time period and not a location, this is even more inaccurate.&nbsp; During that time the decimal point was used throughout the Arabic areas of the world.&nbsp; Since they actually got it from the Chinese, who had been using it for centuries and who got it from the Hindus, the decimal point was used in a great many areas of the world during that time.&nbsp; Just because it was not used in some parts of Europe does not mean it was never used.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sjmiller, post: 2838222, member: 17262"] I believe most people here will agree that AD 1202 is during the middle ages. In that year Leonardo Fibonacci wrote [i]Liger abaci[/i] which introduced Arabic numbers, and the decimal point, to Europe. This book spread throughout the scientific and investigative sectors of society. Within a very short time the information used in this book was being used and discussed throughout Europe. So, to say that the decimal point was never used in the Middle Ages is not correct. Plus, being that the Middle Ages is a time period and not a location, this is even more inaccurate. During that time the decimal point was used throughout the Arabic areas of the world. Since they actually got it from the Chinese, who had been using it for centuries and who got it from the Hindus, the decimal point was used in a great many areas of the world during that time. Just because it was not used in some parts of Europe does not mean it was never used. [/QUOTE]

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