Why does the west use Arabic Numerals? (Short Animated Documentary)

Why does the western world, who are proudly descended from the Romans, use the Arabic Numeral system instead of the Roman one? You can find out why and when that change happened in this short and simple animated documentary.

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Sources:
Arithmetic with Roman Numerals by James Kennedy

MEDIEVAL TRADERS AS INTERNATIONAL CHANGE AGENTS: A COMPARISON WITH TWENTIETH CENTURY INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING FIRMS by Larry M. Parker

ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS AND RECORDING PROCEDURES IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC STATE by Omar Abdullah Zaid

THE INTRODUCTION OF "ARABIC" NUMERALS IN EUROPEAN ACCOUNTING by John W. Durham