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They
worked out a calendar for the year along with developed units of measurement.
As early as 2500 B.C. the Babylonians had established standards for length,
weight, and volume.
Mathematical and astronomical texts show that the Babylonians came up with the 360 degree circle and also the 60 minute hour. The Babylonians could predict eclipses of the sun and moon. They understood such things as fractions, squares, and square roots. Two of the mathematicians from Babylonia are Nabu - rimanni and Kidinu. Not much is known about them. All historians know about them is that Nabu - rimanni was from around 490 B.C. and Kidinu was from around 480 B.C.
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