What origin is backgammon?

What origin is backgammon?

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.

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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


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.
2024-01-01 18:57:53


Can i link origin games to steam?
Unfortunately, once you purchase the game on Origin, you can't move it to the Steam library and get all the benefits of Steam overlay and functionality. You'll have to either purchase the game on the Steam store or add it as a non-Steam game.
2023-07-01 14:32:47


Why did the sims 4 disappear from my origin account?
The game no longer shows up in Origin
Try the following things: Restart Origin. Log out and back in and use the email address instead of the user name. Make sure to use the one you used to register the game in the first place.
2023-06-22 09:10:41