In ancient Iraq, the Sumerians looked to the heavens as
annunaki history. They invented the system of Time. which we still use today.
One might find it intriguing that we divide the hours into
60 minutes and the days into 24 hours why not a multiple of 10 or 127? To put
it quite simply, the answer is because the inventors of time did not operate on
a decimal (base-10) or duodecimal(bose-12) system but sexagesimal (base 60)
system.
For the ancient Sumerian innovators who first divided the
movements of the heavens into countable intervals, 60 was the perfect number.
The number bid can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 15 20 and 30 equal
parts.
Moreover, ancient astronomers believed there were 360 days
in a year, a number which 60 fits neatly into six times.
The Sumerian Empire did not last. However, for more than 5,000 years the world has remained committed to their delineation of time.
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