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Universal ancient length converter
Since ancient times, man began to use as a measure of the length characteristics of his own body and its interaction with the environment. The first units of measurement of length, apparently, were: a finger, a palm, a foot, a step, a thousand steps, a day's journey. These units of measurement could not be constant and depended on the geometrical parameters of a person. Attempting to use human data when measuring distances led to errors, so in ancient Babylon the distance that a person takes is a quiet step for the period from the appearance of the first ray of the sun at sunrise to the moment when the entire solar disk is above the horizon defined as "stages". If the sun goes on for about two minutes, then during this time a person with an average walking speed runs from 170 to 195 m. The day of the journey of the ancient Romans was "Iter pedestr" equal to 28,725 m, i.e. the opportunity to go the distance for daylight hours.
In different periods of time in different countries there appeared their own units of measurement with their own names, the logic of recalculation which is now difficult to understand.
For the convenience of reading and understanding ancient texts, a converter of units of length and distance from ancient units of measurement to modern ones has been created.
To use the converter, find the desired unit of length, specify its value and click on any place on the page.
For a new calculation, click the "Clear" button and run the calculation again. |
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