That’s probably why Mesopotamians chose them: the convention traces back to them.
Measuring angles in degrees also traces back to them.
Still, those numbers/units are quite arbitrary & introduce unnecessary conversions.
Radians are dimensionless & require no conversion.
Converting seconds to a more natural unit like days involves reintroducing those highly composite numbers that fit better in base-60 than the base-10 system we now use.
That’s probably why Mesopotamians chose them: the convention traces back to them. Measuring angles in degrees also traces back to them.
Still, those numbers/units are quite arbitrary & introduce unnecessary conversions. Radians are dimensionless & require no conversion. Converting seconds to a more natural unit like days involves reintroducing those highly composite numbers that fit better in base-60 than the base-10 system we now use.