Because Ubaid, Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylon civilizations all emerged around the Tigris-Euphrates, the theory that Mesopotamia is the cradle of civilization is widely accepted.
If you Google for washington monument height, the first listing you see is for a page about the monument at greatbuildings.com. Note that the page mentions that the monument has a base of 55 feet and a height of 555 feet, in keeping with what they call the standard Egyptian proportion of 10:1 height to base.
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , built to commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first American president.ailed as the father of his country, and as the leader who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, George Washington (1732â1799) was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799.