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An official system of weights and measures was established[citation needed] in the ancient Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty (550-350 BCE). The shekel and mina ("profane" or "sacred") were units of both weight and volume. A shekel or mina weight was equal to the weight of that volume of water. The talent was a measure of weight used for large amounts of coinage. Some related units were used in Persia in the 19th century, and are still used in contemporary Iran.

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Persian units of measurement

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"Ancient Measurements". smithlifescience.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. "Abbreviations". loghatnaameh.org (in Persian). Archived...

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List of obsolete units of measurement

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This is a list of obsolete units of measurement, organized by type. These units of measurement are typically no longer used, though some may be in limited...

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System of units of measurement

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A system of units of measurement, also known as a system of units or system of measurement, is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating...

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Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement

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Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement originated in the loosely organized city-states of Early Dynastic Sumer. Each city, kingdom and trade guild...

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Afghan units of measurement

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A variety of units of measurement have been used in Afghanistan to measure length, mass and capacity. Those units were similar to Iranian, Arabian and...

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Ancient Egyptian units of measurement

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Greek, and Byzantine units of measurement. The units of length seem to have originally been anthropic, based on various parts of the human body, although...

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Panka

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themselves *pank'a, in Persian units of measurement, one pace, approximately 1.5 meters (5 feet) Pankha, Hindu for the punkah, a type of fan Alternative spelling...

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Jerib

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or djerib (Persian: جریب; Turkish: cerip) is a traditional unit of land measurement in the Middle East and southwestern Asia. It is a unit of area used...

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Cubit

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of Poyntz of Iron Acton, Rolle of Stevenstone and Turton. History of measurement List of obsolete units of measurement System of measurement Unit of measurement...

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Scandinavian mile

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indigenous unit of measurement, equivelant to the Scandinavian mile, is used, known as farsang. It is originally a Persian unit of measurement, equivelant...

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Bigha

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The bigha or beegah (Persian: بیگھا, Hindi: बीघा) is a traditional unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in northern & eastern India, Bangladesh...

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Metrication

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process of converting to the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to...

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Guz

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from Hindustani गज़/گز and Persian گز, or gudge, from Hindi गज (gaj)), or Mughal yard, is a unit of length used in parts of Asia. Historically, it was...

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Dirham

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the quantity of flour for dough-portion, writing in Mishnah Eduyot 1:2: "And I found the rate of the dough-portion in that measurement to be approximately...

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Dimensional metrology

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metrologists created a set of measurement standards based on body parts known as anthropic units. These ancient systems of measurements utilized fingers, palms...

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Hectare

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metric measurements (e.g. Canada) required a resurvey when units of measure in legal descriptions relating to land were converted to metric units.[citation...

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Time

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of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events or the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change of quantities...

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Mile

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miles, furlongs, and yards (see page 18 of the fact book). "Appendix E. General Tables of Units of Measurement". Retrieved 14 January 2020. (links to a...

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Parasang

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present-day New Persian word is also farsakh (فرسخ), and should not be confused with the present-day farsang (فرسنگ), which is a metric unit. The earliest...

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Farsang

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Iranian or Persian (which also includes Iraq) unit of measurement for how far a man can walk in a day "Stone to stone". Modern Iranian metric unit of measurement...

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Carl Sagan

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sagan has been defined as a unit of measurement equivalent to a very large number of anything. Sagan's number is the number of stars in the observable universe...

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Shekel

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Sheqalim in favor of the standard English forms Shekel and Shekels. Money portal Numismatics portal Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement Gerah (ma'ah)...

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Saffron

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za'farān), which comes from the Persian word zarparān (زرپران) meaning "gold strung" (implying either the golden stamens of the flower or the golden colour...

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