Ancient Persian units of measurement

Ancient Persia weights and measures are one of many systems of measurement based on the Mesopotamian system first incorporated by the kings of Susa and Elam and later used by the kings of Persia. (derived from a list of revenues of the Great King of Persia in Herodotus III. 90-96 and cf., and A. R. Burn, Persia & the Greeks (New York, 1962), pp. 123-126.) PersianPersian

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