HIST 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sexagesimal, Water Clock, Dominate
29 May 2020
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Large eyes, religious figures, animals, cylinder seals (to seal important documents) Reading, writing, math, literature, biology and drawing. Sexagesimal mathematics based on the number 6 (multiples of 6 60 seconds in a min. , 60 seconds in an hour, etc. ) Month and moon come from the same root (28 day phase of moons, 12-13 months in a year) First calendar recognition to divide time and keep track of it. Water clock, sailboat, bronze-bladed plow, dome & iron, paints, dyes, cosmetics, perfumes, medicine, wheeled vehicles. King - nobles - commoners (majority) (farmers, merchants, etc. ) Slaves (not too many, temporary, and very well- educated with lots of responsibility) Made of clay brick, rectangular, central court with a flat roof. Men had long beards and long hair (only priests were shaved) Men wore kilts like garment and women wore gowns. Migrated from the north and the west and possibly the east.
