Time since start of building of the Parthenon

Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)

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If Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y)...more would be 100 x Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)...more would be 20 x Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more would be about as big as Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,246 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since the birth of al-Kindi (1,220 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since the birth of Omar Khayyam (976 y)...more would be 2/5 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since the birth of Toscanelli (627 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since the birth of Gauss (247 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since first transatlantic wireless communication (123 y)...more would be 1/20 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since Charles Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic (97 y)...more would be 1/25 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since first human went into space (62 y)...more would be 1/40 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • One average human generation (25 y)...more would be 1/100 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon
  • Time since first Tesla Model S launched (10 y)...more would be 1/250 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon

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