Back before the metric system and English Units of measurement, there were the Nonstandard units of length. These units were used by major empires like the Babylonian empire and the Egyptian empire. The hand was used for almost all measurements. Today the only measurements we take with our hands is to find the height of a horse.
There are four basic units of measurement. There is the Span, Foot, Hand, and Cubit. The Span is the length from your pinky finger to your thumb. The Foot is the length from your heel to your big toe. The hand is simply the measure from one side of your hand to the other. Then there is the cubit which is simply the length from your elbow to the tips of your fingers.
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