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Ancient Cultures sharing similar systems of measurement

Mesopotamian

Egyptian

Later developments of the original systems

Persian

Greek

Roman

Medieval weights and measures

Hebrew

Arabic

Unrelated systems

Indus Valley

Vedic

Chinese

Megalithic yard

Weights and measures

References

The World of Measurement H. Arthur Klein

Measure for Measure, Richard Young and Thomas Glover, ISBN 1-889796-00-X.

Masse und Gewichte, Marvin A. Powell

External links

Dictionary of Units of Measurement

Units of measure

Unit systems

Mile measurements

Old units of measure

Measures from Antiquity and the Bible

Alte Längenmaße und ihre Bedeutung

Projekt zur Erschließung historisch wertvoller Altkartenbestände

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