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Backgammon remains as a favorite board game worldwide. As historical records go, backgammon was popular even then. Throughout history, it was enjoyed by leaders and autocrats of ancient civilizations -- by the ancient Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Persians, and Sumerians.
Backgammon history and related questions traces its origins to ancient Egypt, to a game bearing a striking resemblance to the backgammon we have today. They called it Senet ("Game of Thirty Squares"), a game with a 3 x 10 square board and stones for markers. The game is still anyone's guess, but it was surmised that Senet was a speculative game of motion and removal of rival pieces. Movement was determined by rolling a dice made of bone.
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