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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phantomzone" data-source="post: 2147145" data-attributes="member: 62528">the foot as a measure was used in almost all western cultures and was usually divided into 12, sometimes 10 inches/thumbs or into 16 fingers/digits. The first known standard foot measure was from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" target="_blank">Sumer</a>, where a definition is given in a statue of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudea" target="_blank">Gudea</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagash" target="_blank">Lagash</a> from around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2575_BC" target="_blank">2575 BC</a>. Some metrologists speculate that the imperial foot was adapted from an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" target="_blank">Egyptian</a> measure by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" target="_blank">Greeks</a>, with a subsequent larger foot being adopted by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" target="_blank">Romans</a>.</blockquote>

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