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Which ancient civilization was the first to use negative numbers?
Which ancient civilization was the first to use negative numbers?
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The history of negative numbers began around 200 BCE. This is when a Chinese number rod system was introduced. It represented positive numbers in red and negative numbers in black. These were used for tax calculations.