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I don't buy the cause and effect with regards to 360 degrees in a circle. If anything, 360 comes from the close approximation to 365, since pre-civilized humans would care more about the length of a year than divisibility. It's possible that the base-60 system was in fact back-ported from this more important and naturalistic number.

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I do sometimes wonder if the people from ancient civilizations could see what we think about their writing and tools and culture, whether they would just laugh out loud. "No, no, that's just a spoon! And that little squiggle? That's a curse word, you idiots!"

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