Dividing the day into 24 hours and the hour into 60 minutes came to us from whom?
AGreeks of Athens
BRomans of Italy
CMesopotamians
DEgyptians of Thebes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Mesopotamians
1. They also gave 12 months and four-week months.
2. Mesopotamian time reckoning passed through Alexander's successors.
3. Tablets of 1800 BCE hold multiplication tables.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Themes in World History, Theme 2, Writing and City Life._
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