Akkadian 86
Arabic 148, 181
Austronesian languages and 226
counting boards 119, 127–8
decimal place-value system 141–3, 149, 154, 159–60, 161, 164, 174, 184, 193
East Asia 186, 191, 193
Egyptian 95
Greek 104
Hollerith tabulator and 212
Roman 114
Sanskrit 136–7, 141–3, 146, 154
soroban/suanpan and 197, 199
Sumerian 73
Demosthenes 104–5
demotic number symbols 96, 97, 98, 106, 139, 140, 183
Denisovans 43
denominate numbers 170
devices, counting see machines, counting
digital devices 186, 216, 219, 220, 221, 223–4
dinar 148
division 82
Arabic numerals and 170, 184
beads and 36
Brahmi number symbols and 142, 143, 144, 149–50, 152
ciphering books and 168
counting board and 129, 158
cuneiform and 82, 83
soroban and 199, 200, 201
tables 199
Djufachi 94
double-entry bookkeeping 164–5
dust numerals/dust board 150–2, 158, 165, 181
East Asia, machines that count in 6, 166, 185, 186–224. See also individual nation name
Easter Island 250
eggs, counting 227–30, 228
Egypt
Assyria and 86
cuneiform in 85
finger counting and 113
language 70, 92–8, 93, 106, 148–9, 183
