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History of Backgammon - the game as we know it

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 4:36 p.m.

In Response To: History of Backgammon - the game as we know it (David Levy)

Recreational board-games employing skill and/or chance are an almost universal feature throughout the panoply of global civilization. The existence of such games can be traced back thousands of millennia B.C. to the ancient cultures of the Middle East and Asia. (emphasis mine)

So Australopithecus played Homo Habilis for fur pelts? As orders of magnitude go, this is off by orders of magnitude.

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• History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
  DaveT -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:35 p.m.
  • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
    Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:55 p.m.
    • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
      David Levy -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:25 p.m.
      • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 4:36 p.m.
        • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
          Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 5:40 p.m.
          • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
            Strato -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 7:07 p.m.
        • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
          Bob koca -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 6:19 p.m.
  • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
    Rick Janowski -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:38 p.m.
    • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
      rambiz -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 10:07 p.m.
  • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
    Chris Bray -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 10:50 a.m.
    • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
      Strato -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 12:53 p.m.
      • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
        Chris Bray -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 4:07 p.m.
        • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
          Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 7 June 2012, at 3:36 p.m.
          • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
            Chris Bray -- Friday, 8 June 2012, at 9:13 a.m.
  • Backgammon as we know it – Key Dates in its Development
    Rick Janowski -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 11:19 p.m.