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[-] hglman@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

The reason for 12-hour clocks is most cultures worldwide have variable length hours of over a year. For Western times this comes from Greeks who had 12 day and 12 night hours. Early water clocks in antiquity would attempt to make that adjustment automatically.

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

It came from the Sumerians, not the Greeks.

[-] hglman@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The Greeks specifically build water clocks with variable length days.

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