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In fact, land wasn't really measured in units of area as much as it was measured in units of productivity (ie bushels), which was much more useful to know
by TremendousJudge 8y ago
In fact, land wasn't really measured in units of area as much as it was measured in units of productivity (ie bushels), which was much more useful to know
- vram22 8y agoAnd distances (on land and maybe sea too) were long ago measured in interesting units like maybe an arrow shot (distance an arrow can travel) and such like (from my memory of reading legends as a kid, both Indian and probably Western or other ones) :) E.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yojana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yojana
- InitialLastName 8y agoAn acre (which is still used in the US for land measurement) is roughly the amount of land a team of oxen can plough in a day.
- TremendousJudge 8y agoAnd a league is the distance a person can walk in an hour. The actual distance doesn't actually matter; two places can be 5 leagues away and be at different distances. However, it'll take you 5 hours to get to any of them, be it because different quality roads or elevation changes
- mbfg 8y agoReally? an acre is quite small. i find it hard to believe that a team of oxen can't do much more.