Muisca numerals
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muisca-numerals-165-18072649
title:
Muisca numerals
text:
Muisca numerals were the numeric notation system used by the Muisca, one of the civilizations of the Americas before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. Just like the Mayas, the Muisca had a vigesimal numerical system, based on multiples of twenty. The Muisca numerals were based on counting with fingers and toes. They had specific numbers from one to ten, yet for the numbers between eleven and nineteen they used "foot one" (11) to "foot nine" (19). The number 20 was the 'perfect' number for the
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System used by the ancient Muisca civilization to represent numbers and dates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muisca_numerals
date created:
2016-04-30T05:37:08Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T16:22:04Z
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