The current sexagesimal system of time measurement dates back to approximately 2000 BCE from the Sumerians.

当前的六十进制时间测量系可追溯至公元前约2000年的苏美尔时。

If you go back to classical antiquity you tend to find that other systems were more predominant, the sexagesimal system of the Babylonians for example.

如果你回到古典时，你会发现其他体系优势，例如巴比伦的六十进制。

If you go back to classical antiquity you tend to find that other systems were more predominant, the sexagesimal decimal system of the Babylonians for example.

如果你回到古典时代，你往往会发现其他系优势，例如巴比伦的六十进制系。

In Mesopotamia, it is thought that the Sumerians developed astronomy with their invention of the sexagesimal system, which is where 60 is the base number, which was then applied to calculating the hours of night and day.

在美索不米亚，们认为苏美尔发明了六十进制系，从而发展了天文学，其中 60 是基数，用于计算昼夜的时间。