They had the sundial, pieces of rope, they usually used the kings arm-length and the length of his foot (thats where the name foot came from)
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The answer depends on what you mean by "primitive" ways. When the Western Society was still pretty much primitive, the civilisations of ancient China, India, Mesopotamia and Central America were building things which required very accurate measurement.
The horizontal measurement refers to the measurement that is made along the X-axis. The horizontal measurement is usually one dimensional.
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Goes back to early geometry - (geo = earth, metry = measurement). The ancient Egyptians are supposed to have developed Geometry to keep track of land that was flooded annually by the Nile.
Linear measurement just means measurement of length in a straight line