Mediterranean and European weights and measures

In the History of measurement many of the units that we have records of, or at least the ones that have been used in Europe and around the Mediterranean are variations on older systems originating in the Ancient Near East and Egypt. It has been suggested that Historical weights and measures be merged into this article or section. ...

Ancient cultures

• Mesopotamian
• Egyptian
• Persian
• Greek
• Roman
• Hebrew

Originally Ancient Mesopotamian weights and measures came from a collection of city states loosely organized by family, tribe and occupation. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Roman system of measurement was built on the Greek system with Egyptian influences. ... Weight Reduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were: Gerah (Lev. ...

Mediæval measurements

Medieval measures can be categorized by ever expanding commercial, political and religious spheres of influence.

Eastern European

In Eastern Europe traditional standards of measure were predominantly of Greek origin

• Romanian system
• Russian system
• Tatar system

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Western and Northern European

In Western and Northern Europe traditional standards of measure were predominantly of Roman origin

• Spanish system
• French system
• English system
• Scottish system
• Finnish system
• Danish system
• Norwegian system
• Swedish system
• German system
• Dutch system

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Unrelated systems

• Arabic
• Indus Valley
• Vedic
• Chinese

The Arabic system of measurement is based on the Persian system. ... The people of the Indus Valley Civilization (ca. ... Vedic measures were first used by the Indian Vedic civilization, and are still in use today – primarily for religious purposes in Hinduism and Jainism. ...

See also

• Megalithic yard
• Comparative metrology
• Weights and measures
• Imperial unit
• U.S. customary unit
• SI
• Mesures usuelles
• Units of measurement

The megalithic yard (sometimes abbreviated to MY) is a theoretical unit of prehistoric measurement first suggested by the Scottish engineer, Alexander Thom in 1955. ... Comparative metrology is a branch of historic metrology where conclusions about ancient systems of measures are drawn based on methods of pure numerical comparison of the actual values of various standards of measurement, or of other artifacts. ... Weights and measures is a term used by legal authorities in English speaking countries such as the United Kingdom for a function related to units of measurement in trade. ... This article is about post-1824 Imperial units, please see also English unit, U.S. customary unit or Avoirdupois. ... The U.S. customary units (more commonly known in the US as English units or standard units) are the non-metric units of measurement that are presently used in the United States, in some cases alongside the metric system of units. ... The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from the French phrase, Système International dUnités) is the most widely used system of units. ... Mesures usuelles (French for customary measurements) were a system of measurement introduced to act as compromise between metric system and traditional measurements. ... // Introduction The definition, agreement and practical use of units of measurement have played a crucial role in human endeavour from early ages up to this day. ...

External links

• Dictionary of Units of Measurement
• Units of measure
• Unit systems
• Mile measurements
• Old units of measure
• Measures from Antiquity and the Bible