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Timeless Measures of Ancient Civilizations
Explore the diverse units and terms used across ancient cultures to quantify length, volume, and weight.
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  • 1. Nautical measure based on arm span for depth
  • 2. Ancient Near East unit of weight equal to 60 shekels
  • 4. Greek unit of length used in footraces and maps
  • 5. Biblical unit measuring dry volume for grain
  • 6. Smallest unit of weight in several ancient systems
  • 7. Roman agricultural land measure
  • 12. Large ancient unit of weight and money
  • 15. Old distance measure roughly three miles
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  • 3. Arabic dry measure used for grains and spices
  • 8. Historic Indian weight unit used for precious metals
  • 9. Roman unit of length about one step (pace)
  • 10. Ancient Chinese unit of weight, precursor of modern jin
  • 11. Middle Eastern cubit-based length unit
  • 13. Egyptian unit of length equal to a handbreadth
  • 14. Roman length unit based on the width of the palm
  • 16. Fundamental ancient Semitic weight and currency
  • 17. Old typographic unit later used in printing
  • 18. Ancient Egyptian unit roughly the length of a forearm
  • 19. Mesopotamian clay tablet measure for grain volume

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