Time since start of building of the Parthenon

Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)

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Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)

  • is 1/100 of Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y)...more
  • is 1/20 of Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)...more
  • is about as big as Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more
  • is 2 x Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,246 y)...more
  • is 2 x Time since the birth of al-Kindi (1,220 y)...more
  • is 2.5 x Time since the birth of Omar Khayyam (976 y)...more
  • is 4 x Time since the birth of Toscanelli (627 y)...more
  • is 10 x Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y)...more
  • is 10 x Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more
  • is 10 x Time since the birth of Gauss (247 y)...more
  • is 20 x Time since first transatlantic wireless communication (123 y)...more
  • is 25 x Time since Charles Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic (97 y)...more
  • is 40 x Time since first human went into space (62 y)...more
  • is 100 x One average human generation (25 y)...more
  • is 250 x Time since first Tesla Model S launched (10 y)...more

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