How will base-10 work in a world where duodecimals have never been thought of?

In a world where duodecimals (base 12) have never been invented or thought of, how will decimals replace them?

We now know that we owe everything related to duodecimals to the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians. It was they who used base 12 in everything, such as telling time. The later civilizations simply builds up on it while also using the base-10 system.

But what if, there is a world where all these nonsense about base 12 never appeared in history? How will base 10 work in replacing base 12 applications?

I can imagine, these will change, but how will it work under base 10?

1. Time (I imagine a day will have 10 or 20 hours, instead of 60 minutes an hour, it will have 50 minutes and hour, or 10 months instead of 12)
2. Angle/geometry (how will 90 degrees translate into under base 10?)
3. Astronomy

I don't know if there are other use for base 12 other than this, but if you have any thoughts about it, feel free to add.

posted over 9 years ago

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