Why Europe Banned the Number '0' (The Strange History of Nothing)

In 1299, one of the richest cities in Europe officially banned the number zero from its account books. Why would anyone ban nothing? 🤯 To find the answer, we travel from Ancient Rome and Babylon to 7th-century India (where 'Shunya' became a real number), through 9th-century Baghdad, and finally into the secret notebooks of Italian merchants in Pisa and Florence. 🔔 Subscribe to @OrigynExplained for a new origin story every week! Next episode: Why your keyboard isn't in alphabetical order (The QWERTY Mystery). ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 0:00 The City That Banned Zero (1299) 0:26 Chapter I: Why Rome Had No Zero 0:56 Chapter II: India & 'Shunya' (Zero Becomes a Number) 1:30 Chapter III: Baghdad (How Shunya Became Cipher & Zero) 1:55 Chapter IV: Fibonacci's Superpower (1202) 2:20 Chapter V: Why Florence Banned Zero in 1299 3:02 Chapter VI: Why the Ban Failed #zero #historyofmath #origynexplained #stickmananimation #indianhistory #shunya #florence #weirdhistory #didyouknow #educational #history #historyexplained #stick #stickmanexplainer #alphabet #linguistics #weekdays