Imagine a big round thing with numbers on it, and two hands that move slowly, one moves fast, the other moves slow. That’s like an ancient clock! People made these clocks because they wanted to know when it was time for work, meals, or sleep. The first clocks were called sundials, and they used sunlight to show the time.
Examples
- A water clock works like a slow, steady drip from a cup, each drop counts as a second or minute.
- You can use your hands to tell time like an ancient person if you know how the sun moves.
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See also
- How Did the Pyramids Stay Standing for Thousands of Years?
- Why Did the Roman Empire Fall?
- How Does the Ancient Roman Calendar Work?
- How Did Ancient Civilizations Count Without Numbers?
- How Do We Know What People Thought Long Ago?
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