2007-02-13 17:32:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Time, man has marked the passage of time, since he came into existence
2007-02-13 20:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Day.
According to the Bible, as mentioned in the creation story in the first page of Genesis.
Oldest known length unit: A Sumerian cubit (long before biblical cubit), about 50 cm.
2007-02-14 02:08:53 · answer #2 · answered by ¡ r m ! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "ug". Of course this was often confused with the "ugh" which was really just a communal greeting. As man became more civilized, it was necessary to expand on the "ug" and divide it in order to accurately describe more quantities. This is how the "micro-ug" and "giga-ug" were born.
The term, although mostly outdated by SI units, is still the preferred unit for appearance in today's world. Thus, the term "ug-ly" which measures the relative appearance of one item to another.
2007-02-14 07:33:49 · answer #3 · answered by Dr.T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The oldest unit of measure is the 'portion'. It goes back to the earliest days of man and was defined as "what portion of the (fruit, dead rat, root) will I get to eat" It was then followed by the 'club'. The 'club' was directly related to the size of the 'portion', ie, the bigger the club the bigger the portion. This led to the 'gang'. The gang was geometrically related to the club (my gang withs 6 small clubs=your 1 big club) but inversely related to the 'portion' (1 portion divided by 6 clubs=smaller portion). This led to the 'tuffschit', which is what a club leaves when you take away a gangs portion
2007-02-14 01:55:20 · answer #4 · answered by thewizardofodd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cubit is mentioned in the Old Testament of the bible.
It was also used by the ancient Egyptians
2007-02-14 01:40:50 · answer #5 · answered by gumtrees 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cubit the distance from the end of your finger to you elbow.
2007-02-14 01:37:55 · answer #6 · answered by firshizel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋