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I thought the 60-minute hour was from the Babylonians, but according to the Economist, they got it from the Sumerians. The Sumerians also had a lively mythology. The Economist reports "Sumeria's Gilgamesh epic describes the rite of passage through which Enkidu the ape-man became human, thanks to the obliging Shamhat:"

While the two of them together were
making love,
He forgot the wild where he was born.
For seven days and seven nights
Enkidu was erect and coupled with
Shamhat.

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