Where does backgammon originate from?

Where does backgammon originate from?

Where does backgammon originate from?

Believed to date back 5,000 years, archaeological discoveries in ancient Mesopotamia – modern-day Iraq – in the 1920s give us a tantalising glimpse of the game's potential origins: six artifacts that look remarkably like today's backgammon boards, one with dice and different coloured playing pieces still intact.

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Why is backgammon called shesh besh?
Shesh Besh literally means a Turkish game very similar to backgammon, the name comes from Hebrew word of six (Shesh) and the Turkish word of five (Besh) to indicate the originality.
2024-01-19 04:55:09


What origin is backgammon?
Believed to date back 5,000 years, archaeological discoveries in ancient Mesopotamia – modern-day Iraq – in the 1920s give us a tantalising glimpse of the game's potential origins: six artifacts that look remarkably like today's backgammon boards, one with dice and different coloured playing pieces still intact.
2024-01-01 17:39:09


What ancient game is similar to backgammon?
Nard (Persian: نرد, also narde or nardshir; from Middle Persian: nywʾlthšyl nēw-ardaxšīr) is an historical Persian tables game for two players that is sometimes considered ancestral to backgammon. It is still played today, albeit in a different form.
2023-12-02 04:28:45


What country did canasta originate?
Canasta was developed only in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
2023-08-10 15:38:21