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origination of sexagesimalism

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Sumerian senses devised divisions - but
did they decide This Number - 666 -
of the Beast?
nope.

however, more timely numbers, they Did decide.

rename Sumer.
it's Mesopotamia.
now call it Iraq.
it remains a hard place.

if something becomes less so,
we say, "it's about time".

when referring to Sumer, it actually is -
about time.


llp - dA - feb2015
sources:

www.visualthesaurus.com/ - sexagesimal
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer

Sumerians Did devise the divisions!
[the use of the number 60 in telling time]

the links i provided are quite marginal

sadly, the article where i got the information
is buried behind a paywall. :hmm:

edit - improved title - same day.

;) pip
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