CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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It helped them measure time
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It helped them measure distance
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It helped them measure tine
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It helped them measure speed
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, as early as about 2000 BC, who first felt the need to track time using a real device. Before this, people used astronomy; their knowledge of the planets and stars, to figure out the approximate time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The invention of clocks, have had a tremendous impact on history. Anything that is scheduled require knowledge of time in order to work, countless scientific experiments required a stopwatch, and so on and so forth. The clock has helped keep everything organized.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sundials and Obelisks. Sundials have their origin in shadow clocks, which were the first devices used for measuring the parts of a day. The oldest known shadow clock is from Egypt, and was made from green schist Ancient Egyptian obelisks, constructed about 3500 BC, are also among the earliest shadow clocks.