A number of
units of measurement
A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude (mathematics), magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other qua ...
were used in
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
to measure length, mass, capacity, etc. The
metric system
The metric system is a system of measurement that standardization, standardizes a set of base units and a nomenclature for describing relatively large and small quantities via decimal-based multiplicative unit prefixes. Though the rules gover ...
was adopted in 1935 in Syria.
System before metric system
A number of units were used.
Length
One pic was equal to 0.582 m.
Mass
A number of units were used to measure mass. One rottolo was equal to 1.785 kg.
Some other units were given below:
1 drachme = rottolo
1 pesi = rottolo
1 metecali = rottolo
1 = rottolo
1 once = rottolo
1 = rottolo
1 cola = 35 rottolo
1 = 100 rottolo.
Capacity
Several units were used to measure capacity. One rotl was equal to 3.2
L.
Some other units are given below:
1 = 250 rotl
1 = 450 rotl.
References
Culture of Syria
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
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