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The Sumerians, who developed one of the earliest known writing systems, primarily used a base-60 (sexagesimal) numeral system. While they could express a wide range of numbers, they struggled to represent certain concepts like zero as a placeholder in their system, particularly in their early numeration. Additionally, extremely large numbers beyond their practical counting needs may have been challenging to express directly. Thus, while they had a sophisticated system, limitations existed for expressing certain abstract mathematical ideas.

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