Because the Babylonians said there was 6,000 years ago and we've been using those numbers to tell time ever since. There is no other reason for 60 minutes to make an hour. Any other number would have worked just as well.
That's what I've learned, so far, from the new book I'm reading; "A Little History of Science" by William Bynum who is Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine at University College in London.
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