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.

果回到古典时期，其他体系更占优势，例伦人的六十进制。

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.

果回到古典时代，往往其他系统更占优势，例伦人的六十进制系统。

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.

在美索不达米亚，人们认为苏美尔人明了六十进制系统，从而展了天文学，其中 60 是基数，用于计算昼夜的时间。