Evolution of time measuring instruments since ancient times until the Ottoman clock towers

Abstract

This study is concerned with the tools and methods of calculating time. As we went back to the earliest times, we found that time was not important in primitive man, and then the modern age began, in which man settled relatively. The Egyptian civilization began to make its own hours, and then the Greek and Roman civilizations developed various kinds of clocks. Plato invented a water clock and an alarm clock in Athens, And when we came to Islam, Muslims were in dire need of precisely defining the prayers. Hence, the Arabs were able to develop the time machines where the Muslim Philosophers set up a set of religious clocks. (9h / 15m), high towers that were located next to the main mosques in each city, The plan was a huge tower with a square base, and a tower opening to the bottom of the tower leading to the interior. Which includes a wooden ladder Construction of the building began in the Ottoman Empire in the middle of the 10th century AD. The Ottomans built towers in many cities, whether inside Turkey or the country under their rule. Study and research.

Keywords

• Calendars
• sundials
• clocks
• clock towers