to measure the length, they used their feet or hands. but it was not accurate because not everyone had the same foot / hand size.
to weigh something, they used rocks. the incas used a rope with random intervals of knots and colors to record information especially in math for accounting and equations
they couldn't measure small angles
CUBIT
No, because if they were ancient, we would be too. Get it? Like ancient people lived in ancient times, and it isn't ancient times anymore
Oh, dude, "deben" in ancient Egypt was a unit of weight used to measure precious metals like gold and silver. It was like their version of a fancy scale, you know? So, if someone back then said, "Hey, I'll trade you this cool trinket for 10 debens of gold," you better hope you had some shiny bling to hand over!
Most people in ancient Rome spoke Latin, but some cities that ancient Rome took over spoke their native language. A lot of people in ancient Rome spoke Greece.
the astrobale
Parts of the body and statues were used as measurements for length. Weights were made out f stone, bronze, or pottery.
The sun, the stars.
they used a seismograph
Yes, the shekel was the basic unit of weight in ancient Israel. It was used to measure both precious metals and other commodities, and its weight varied over time and in different regions.
You would measure something in weight depending on the situation, for example, you would measure the weight of moving boxes to make sure that the truck isn't overloaded. Most people measure themselves with height and weight.
Every country in Europe uses the metric system, meaning they would measure weight in kilograms, grams, etc.
4 ounces of ricotta is a weight measure.
To measure weight, a scale. To measure mass, a balance.
they checked it by checking the position of the planets.
Weight is a measure of the action of gravity on a mass.
The unit of measure commonly used in Ancient Greece was the "artaba" for measuring volume and the "cubit" for measuring length. The Greeks also used units like the "stade" for measuring distance and the "minae" for measuring weight.