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The Egyptians, and later the Greeks, based most units on the lengths of body parts.
Egyptians used the finger (about 1.875 cm), palm(about 7.5 cm), hand (both a 22.5 and 25 cm), and cubit (6 palms, about 45 cm, or 7 palms in the royal cubit).
The Greeks used the finger (daktylos), foot or pous (podes πόδια) and two forms of the pechys (roughly synonymous with the cubit/royal cubit). The Attic foot was about 11.6 inches or 29.6 cm. (The Aegina foot was longer.)
Greeks and Romans used a long length called the stadium(stadion στάδιο), equal to 600 pous or about 185 metres. Romans also used an early "mile" of 5000 feet and a "league" of 7500 feet (about 1.48 km and 2.2 km)
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Where did early civilizations begin?
the early civilizations began in Africa but most exact in Zambia
The economy of early civilizations was based around .?
The economy of early civilizations was based around agriculture.
What were the early ways to measure length an distance 5 ways?
hands span and feet
Who were the early civilizations?
Inca
What where the accomplishments of the early river valley civilizations?
The Nile River was the axis of two early African civilizations
What skills and practies were important in the growth and spread of early civilizations?
?
Who were Mexico's early civilizations?
the early civilization in mexico is olmec
What did the early civilizations eat?
Food
Classical civilizations developed what whereas early River valley civilizations did not?
Vast Empires
In which four rivers valleys did early civilizations?
Early civilizations emerged between the Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, and (sorry, blanking out out on the fourth...) Rivers.
Did the early civilizations survive?
Obviously not or we would not be referring to them as "early" civilisations.
What is a characteristic of early civilizations?
Job Specialization
