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.

如果回到典期，会发现其他体系更占优势，例如巴比伦人的六。

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.

如果回到典代，往往会发现其他系统更占优势，例如巴比伦人的六系统。

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，人们认为苏美尔人发明了六系统，从而发展了天文学，其中 60 是基数，用于计算昼夜的间。