The Egyptans did
Yes, well its the first recorded civilization, there could be others that were destroyed or were not recorded and if you don't count hunter-gatherers as a civilization then yes...
cubit
A percentage is a pure number: it has no measurement units.
greeks
The Indus Valley Civilization: Harappa, Mohenjodaro
The first recorded Democracy was found in Ancient Greece and in particular the Athenian Democracy [Αθηναϊκή Δημοκρατία]
data
Height is first.According to FACTS, the organization of Fine Art Care and Treatment Standards International Standards Guide for Taking, Recording, and Communicating Dimensions (of art) the vertical measurement (height) is recorded first, followed by the horizontal measurement (width), and in the case of three dimensional works, the depth measurement is recorded last.http://www.artfacts.org/standards/gen_1998.html
The first recorded measurement of altitude was by the ancient Greeks, who used trigonometry to measure the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BCE. This method laid the foundation for later developments in altitude measurement techniques.
China
Because of the many things that appeared in a civilization that needed to be recorded.
I recently read that the Olmecs are the first civilization in recorded history to exhibit awareness that the world is round and revolves around the sun.