different civilizations came up with ways of recording higher numbers

But as the complexity of life increased,along with the number of things to count,these methods were no longer sufficient.So as they developed,different civilizations came up with ways of recording higher numbers.Many of these systems,like Greek,Hebrew,and Egyptian numerals,were just extensions of tally marks with new symbols added to represent larger magnitudes of value.Each symbol was repeated as many times as necessary and all were added together.