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The Mesopotamians passed their base-60 numerical system to the ancient Egyptians, who used it to divide a circle into 360 degrees, Mary Blocksma writes in her book Reading the Numbers. The 360 ...

Their calendar had 360 days and a complete cycle (or orbit ... David Mahoney, Blacktown The suggestion that there should be 400 units for a circle has merit. Some time ago, some scientists ...