The Persian system of weights and measures has had an important influence on other systems among others on that of old Greece.
Length
|
| Finger | ¼ palm
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|
| Hand palm | ¼ foot
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| zereth
| foot | ½ cubit
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| arsani
| ulna | 52-64 cm
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|
| Stock | 2 paces, 6 ulnas |
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| chebel
| | 40 arsani
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| stadion
| | ca 264 m, predecessor of the Greek and Egyptian Stadions
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| parasang
| Farsang | 250 chebel | 6 km
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| | = 6,23 km in the middle of 19th century
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| | = 10 km, in today's Iran and Turkey.
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| schoinos
| | root of the Greek and Egyptian units
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| mansion, stathmos
| | 4 parsang
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Volumes
| chenica
| | = 1,32 l, the basic for the Greek cheonix
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Last updated: 10-19-2005 10:51:25
