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Interesting, that it's all standard base-10. A Number system based on 12 could have been a good fit for a base-60 time. Babylonians/Sumerians invented base-60,
by adornKey 1y ago
Interesting, that it's all standard base-10. A Number system based on 12 could have been a good fit for a base-60 time.
Babylonians/Sumerians invented base-60, and didn't have special characters for 10, 11 (and maybe 12)? Really?
- colejohnson66 1y agoThe Babylonian's base-60 is more a base-10x6. All math was indeed in base-60, but the writing used groupings of tens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_cuneiform_numerals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_cuneiform_numerals
- adornKey 1y agoGermanic languages have special words up to 12. So I'm really surprised that the Babylonians didn't have a special symbol for 12. Something like that would have been really nice for a clock.