Project GutenbergThe ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour
A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today.
By Jocelyn Timperley
Books about Time at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/16707
Ray McCarthy@gutenberg_org
See also "From 1 to 0" revised as the 3 volume "History of Numbers".
There were also originally 13 months (moons)/Zodiacs but due to Sumerian base 12 and 20 and 60 the Babylonians changed to 12 which also is easier for maths than 13,
See also "From 1 to 0" revised as the 3 volume "History of Numbers".
There were also originally 13 months (moons)/Zodiacs but due to Sumerian base 12 and 20 and 60 the Babylonians changed to 12 which also is easier for maths than 13,