Re: Yes ...

Date: 2018-07-15 04:08 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kengr
The references I've encountered say that Babylonian (and maybe Sumerian) were base 60. And that's where we got 360 degrees in a circle from as well.

And, of course, the Mayans and Aztecs used base 20.

ps. I recall buttons saying "Cheela are degenerate" at cons way back when. :-)
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