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Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe

Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe (1,000 y)

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If Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe (1,000 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y)...more would be 250 x Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)...more would be 50 x Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since earliest wheeled vehicles (4,000 y)...more would be 4 x Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since the birth of Hero of Alexandria (2,014 y)...more would be 2 x Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since the death of Shakespeare (406 y)...more would be 2/5 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since the birth of Gauss (247 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel (202 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since the first passenger steam railway service (199 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since first Apple Macintosh Computer launched (40 y)...more would be 1/25 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • One average human generation (25 y)...more would be 1/40 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Time since first Tesla Model S launched (10 y)...more would be 1/100 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Lifespan of rat (2 y)...more would be 1/500 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe
  • Period of Earth's orbit (1 y)...more would be 1/1000 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe

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