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[–] mv777711@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

The Egyptians and Babylonians counted in base 12. They did so by counting each section of the fingers on one hand with their thumb (4 fingers, 3 sections each = 12).

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[–] Hypersapien@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

From what I understand they used base 60. They counted each finger section on one hand with each of the fingers on the other (5x12)

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[–] people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 3 years ago

I have noticed old people in India who are used to counting like that as well.

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