No civilization can exist without some form of measurement nor record keeping.
It therefore follows that the first to have a written language would be the first to record measurement.
The contenders for this are :
-- The Chinese (records begin around 1600 BC, but culture much older)
-- The Sumerians or Akkadians (Uruk records dated to before 2900 BC)
-- The Egyptians (records exist from 3200 BC)
The Egyptian, Elam, Mesopotamian, and Indus River Valley civilizations were the first to record measurements. The Egyptians are believed to have been the first.
Greeks
According to reliable sources, qin shi huang was 5'11.
According to the records nobody died, but as 13,200 houses were destroyed, that may not be true.
He died in December, 1945 , in the Neuengamme concentration camp of "enterocolitis" (cholera or dysentery), according to the camp records.
According to official records, nobody died in the fire, although that seems hard to believe.
According to www.powerliftingwatch.com/records April Mathis benchpressed 402 lbs (182 kg) in 2010.
According to archaelogical records, the Egyptians were the first to use measurements. They measured the depth of the Nile.
wriitten records
Exact dimensions of the Taj Mahal can be had from the Archeological Records available with Archeological Survey of India.
According to archeological records, King Midas was the greatest and most famous king of the Phrygians, whose center of power was the ancient city of Gordium (Gordion), located just 75 kilometers from modern Ankara.
There are no records of his penis measurements.
Historic records, archeological finds, old artifacts, etc.
They help to keep good records of measurements and observations.
Based upon archeological records and research probable weight was anywhere between 5,300 to 20,000 lbs.
30 years
You can calculate the answer to this question by going to the local hall of records and researching the particular measurements of the building.
You measure a great number of them, keeping records of every measurement, and then you calculate the average of all of the measurements.
15,36 kg