The geodesic traditions of the ancient Oriental monarchies maintain many of their standards. The principal is the Guz or Yard of 2 common Egyptian cubits 2 × 18·24 = 36·48 inches. It is 1/6000 of the Farsakh, the ancient Parasang or league of 3 meridian miles.
There are also amongst others:
| A Cloth | guz | = 1-1/2 Hashími cubits | = 38·3 | inches. |
| Another | guz | = 1-1/2 Persian cubits | = 37·9 | „ |
| „ | „ | = 1-2/3 Hashími cubits | = 42 | „ |
Roumania
The measures differ little from those of Turkey.
| The Halebi pík | = 27·6 | inches. |
| The Hendázi „ | = 26·03 | „ |
Greece
The Hendázi píchus, of Hashími standard = 25·51, is the usual measure.
Tunis, Tripoli, Algeria
The Moorish drá = 18·94 to 19·2 inches (3/4 of the Hashími cubit), the usual standard. The multiples by 8 show the influence of the Cano of 8 spans from Southern France and Italy.