How come the age for most things “adult” was decided to be 18 and/or 21 globally?

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In almost all countries (I know there are exceptions), the age for allowing drinking, marriage, driving etc. are commonly 18/21. Why didn’t they go for a round figure number like 20? Is there any biological or psychological reason behind this that I’m not aware of?

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21 is not a global number, 18 might be.

And 18 has some origins in jewish religious rules and became popular in the west and with that the whole world in modern history.

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