Ancient Sumerians Invented Time

Has anyone ever wondered why an hour is divided into 60 minutes and minutes are divided into 60 seconds?  Why not multiples of 10 or 100?  It turns out, 6000 years ago, when the ancient Sumerians were first quantifying time, they used a base 60 counting system.   That is, where our current numerical system is made up of 10 digits, theirs was made up of 60 digits, so it made perfect sense to divide an hour into 60 minutes.  It was like the metric system of the ancient world.

Pictured: ancient metric system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal)

So if the ancient Sumerians are still affecting our society today through their numerical system, (as well as through their inventions of agriculture, writing, and cities), it makes me wonder what affect our current society might have on societies 6000 years from now.  My most optimistic guess would be space flight (although thats really more of a Soviet invention) and my least optimistic guess would be catastrophic climate change.

What affect do you think today's society will have on the world of the year 8000?  Post your ideas in the comments below.