Maps and Time

Today in class we furthered our discussion on Maps and started to question time. In class we started our talk about how maps have became different and have become used for different things. We talked about how maps took a shift to provide location reference to a tool used bu geographers to communicate complex geographic phenomenons. For example on the latitude lines, a state who is on the same line as another state on the latitude lines will have similar weather, therefore a geographic phenomenon. Later in class we talked about the Meridians which are arcs drawn between North and South poles. Then Parallels which are arcs drawn parallel to the equator, and these can be used to lead you to any point on Earth. We than talked about time, we learned that time zones vary between longitude and latitude. However we asked the question why was the clock made in 12 parts. When we count no one counts 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,...1. So why was the clock made like that?