Time since the birth of Diophantus

Time since the birth of Diophantus (1,814 y)

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If Time since the birth of Diophantus (1,814 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since building of the Great Pyramid of Giza / Cheops / Khufu (4,580 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since the birth of Diophantus
  • Age of earliest swords (3,700 y)...more would be 2 x Time since the birth of Diophantus
  • Time since the building of Great Wall of China (1,800 y)...more would be about as big as Time since the birth of Diophantus
  • Time since building of Angkor Wat (905 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since the birth of Diophantus
  • Time since the birth of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) (898 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since the birth of Diophantus
  • Time since the birth of Shakespeare (460 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since the birth of Diophantus
  • Time since the birth of Galileo (457 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since the birth of Diophantus
  • Time since the birth of Cantor (179 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since the birth of Diophantus
  • Period of Ceres's orbit (4.6 y)...more would be 1/400 of Time since the birth of Diophantus

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