Sexagesimal was quite common because it’s so useful (lots of factors). 144 wouldn’t be as handy, I think. Because of all the factors, in many cases it’s easie

Sexagesimal was quite common because it’s so useful (lots of factors). 144 wouldn’t be as handy, I think. Because of all the factors, in many cases it’s easier to do calculations in base 60 (or 12) in your head, in particular for human scale things where factors like 2/3 make sense. I do this every day without thinking about it. Base 10 is pretty lame.