Ep 272: The fall of Rome and the rise of zero
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The fall of Rome and the rise of zero
We’d planned to get a bit further, but there was just too much nifty history. Water wheels, paper mills, the fall of Rome, the golden age of Islam, and the spread of the number zero, more than enough for one episode.
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