The Bloody Origins of the Number Zero

Discover Odoo’s Invoicing app 👉 https://www.odoo.com/r/GKgx You get access to all available apps starting at $24.90/month. Thanks to Odoo for sponsoring this video! Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources... More than two thousand years ago, one of the deadliest battles in Indian history changed the course of the entire empire. Instead of creating a legacy of conquest, it sparked an exchange of ideas, trade and knowledge. Over centuries, these ripples would help shape half of the world, thanks to merchants, monks and scholars who carried Indian culture across Asia and beyond. This is the story of Emperor Ashoka, and how one emperor’s change of heart helped spreading new philosophies and inspired mathematical ideas that still shape how we understand the world today. HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ We can only make our videos thanks to your support. ✨ Become a channel member on YouTube Get Products designed with ❤️ https://shop.kgs.link Join the Patreon Bird Army 🐧 https://kgs.link/patreon CHAPTERS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 00:00 Start 01:16 Monasteries and Merchants 04:53 The Golden Age of Trade 07:46 Ground Zero 10:16 The Journey of Numbers 13:30 Universal Language OUR OTHER CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 🦆kurzgesagt – in a nutshell🦆 English: https://kgs.link/youtubeEN German: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish: https://kgs.link/youtubeES French: https://kgs.link/youtubeFR Portuguese: https://kgs.link/youtubePT Arabic: https://kgs.link/youtubeAR Hindi: https://kgs.link/youtubeHI Japanese: https://kgs.link/youtubeJA Korean: https://kgs.link/youtubeKO DISCUSSIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 🌚 Nightshift – kurzgesagt After Dark 🌚 Instagram: https://kgs.link/ngt_instagram TikTok: https://kgs.link/ngt_tiktok Reddit: https://kgs.link/ngt_reddit Twitter/X: https://kgs.link/ngt_x Bluesky: https://kgs.link/ngt_bluesky 🦆kurzgesagt – in a nutshell🦆 Instagram: https://kgs.link/instagram TikTok: https://kgs.link/tiktok Reddit: https://kgs.link/reddit Discord: https://kgs.link/discord Twitter: https://kgs.link/twitter Bluesky: https://kgs.link/bluesky Facebook: https://kgs.link/facebook Newsletter: https://kgs.link/newsletter OUR VOICE ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Our Nightshift – kurzgesagt After Dark videos are voiced by Steve Taylor: https://kgs.link/youtube-voice OUR MUSIC ♬♪ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ All our soundtracks are composed by Epic Mountain: Spotify: https://kgs.link/music-spotify SUBTITLES 💬 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ If you want to help us caption this video, please send subtitles to [email protected] You can find info on what subtitle files work on YouTube here: https://support.google.com/youtube/an... Thank you!