Response to two articles on measuring time

The first article discusses the compounding effect of the 12-hour time intervals and Balylonian’s base 60 system on the division of time the way it is today, while the second article expands on why the sexagesimal concept came into place. The article drew my attention to the proposed theories of the origin base 60, and how a lot of them seemed to be self-contradicting. It was an interesting point because it made me go back to article no1. A question formed in my head-- is it really necessary to go to lengths to find out the “real story” behind this counting system? Could it be possible that base 60 happened to be the most applicable in studying astronomy and geometry (as seen in the first article), and for that reason it has persisted all throughout history. In other words, base 60 has more added significance than the real value it possesses. 

I visualize the passage of time as making a pizza. First, you have pizza dough. It is round and malleable, and one is free to choose any shape and thickness, depending how large they want the pizza to be. Next thing comes to stretching out the dough with the choice of shape. Like how the day and night are divided into equal intervals, we can slice the pizza into 12 or 24 pieces, representing the hours. Pizza toppings (black olives, pineapples, sausage crumbs…) come on top of each slice. They are comparable to minutes because they constitute each slice (each hour). Interestingly, the first article introduced me to different variations of time division, and how the standard way of measuring time took its form after a long evolution. I couldn’t help but wonder how weeks came into place. Perhaps this would be my own inquiry on the side!