Before the invention of reliable tools for measuring length and distance many measurements were based on human anatomy. Many of the terms used have been retained into modern-day usage, such as:
Inch was the width of a man's thumb at the base of the nail
Foot was the length of a man's foot
Yard the distance between the tip of a man's nose and the tip of his thumb of his outstretched hand.
Fathom from the Old English fæthm, meaning "outstretched arms", because a fathom is the distance between a man's outstretched fingertips.
nail an old English unit of length equal to 1/20 ell. Like the ell, the nail was used for measuring cloth; traditionally, it represented the length of the last two joints (including the fingernail) of the middle finger.
ell a traditional unit of length used primarily for measuring cloth. In the English system, one ell equals 20 nails. The word comes from the Latin ulna, which originally meant the elbow and is now the name of the bone on the outside of the forearm. The history of the unit is not clear. Some authorities believe the ell was originally a double forearm length.
Furlong from the Old English fuhrlang, means "the length of a furrow"; it represents the distance a team of oxen could plow without needing a rest.
Mile comes from the Latin word for 1000, mille, because originally a mile was the distance a Roman legion could march in 1000 paces (or 2000 steps, a pace being the distance between successive falls of the same foot).
two famous rulers of the fertile crescent were the sumerian rulers and the Euphrates because they had more goods to supply to people
bc they exchanges them for gold,guns and other goods.
It was a "this for that" system. Rulers gave their people protection, and the people gave the rulers crops.... that sort of thing.
Wu wanted to change how people felt about women rulers because people did not like women directly and Wu wanted to show everyone that she could be the empress.
Yamato Rulers gained power by their weapons and having more people than their opponet <----And dont forget your Mama to!
Measuring tapes and rulers.
Rulers? .... :]
Rulers, trundle wheels
Carpenters use all kinds of measures, rulers would be used to do fine measuring at the table saw.
Rulers are used to measure lengths/distances.
Rulers are.
The Odom-eter rulers yar thingys and any thing that measures inches and stuff such as yard stick
before using rulers to measure people used sticks but then they relized that every stick wasn't the same length so they invented inches and centimeters that were all the same length and then they started making rulers isn't that cool :)
skirt marker hem/sew guage rulers measuring tape l-square yadstick/meter scale
Rulers, Tape Measures, Calipers, and Opisometers.
sticks but then they figured out that every stick wasn't the same length so they made 6-inch rulers. cool, huh
Many things, like rulers, measuring cups, and yard sticks.