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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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