Games are played in most cultures and societies throughout history, some are even higher than literacy in the early civilizations thought. Senet perhaps the oldest board game in the world. It was in the tombs of Egypt, found around 3500-3100 BC. They thought one of the most popular games in ancient Egypt.
It was believed that a player managed to protect the great gods: Ra, Thoth, Osiris and occasionally. Therefore, Senet boards were often placed in tombs with other useful items for the dangerous journey through the afterlife. Start another game of Go originated in China over 2,500 years. He is a board game for two players old, who is noted for the rich in the strategy, despite its simple rules. Archaeological discoveries show that the beginning of the game was played on a board with a grid of 17 × 17, but by the time the game spread to Korea and Japan in the 7th Century, the plates with a 19 × 19 grid became the norm.
Today, gambling is very popular in East Asia. Patolli (or versions thereof) is a game that was played by a wide range of ancient civilizations and throughout Mesoamerica known. The builders of Teotihuacan (around 200 BC – 650 AD) played together with the residents of Chichen Itza and the Aztecs and all the people they conquered. The ancient Maya also played a version of Patolli. Patolli is a race war game / with a strong focus on the game, and that would be why priests Spanish game banned during the Spanish conquest of Mexico and was rumored to be spent trapped in the hands of people likely to have the game
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