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  2. History of games - Wikipedia

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    Some of the most common pre-historic and ancient gaming tools were made of bone, especially from the Talus bone, these have been found worldwide and are the ancestors of knucklebones as well as dice games. [5] Dice were invented at least 5,000 years ago and early dice probably did not have six sides. [6] These bones were also sometimes used for ...

  3. Toys and games in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Although, leather and wood were also used. Wooden boards were likely common in ancient Rome. However, few have persisted in the archaeological record. [81] Although the exact rules of the game are unclear, it likely resembled backgammon. The movement of pieces was likely determined by the rolling of the dice.

  4. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Classical India (200 BC – 500 AD) Sangam period (300 BC – 600 AD): Cholas, Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyans; Golden period: Kushans (50 AD – 220 AD), Satavahanas (230 BC – 220 AD), Guptas (320 AD – 535 AD) and Vakatakas (300AD – 650 AD) Medieval Age in India (500–1526) Tripartite period (c.750 – c.900): Palas, Rashtrakutas and ...

  5. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    Perhaps the oldest known dice, resembling modern ones, were excavated as part of a backgammon-like game set at the Burnt City, an archeological site in south-eastern Iran, estimated to be from between 2800 and 2500 BC. [156] [157] Later, terracotta dice were used at the Indus Valley site of Mohenjo-daro (modern-day Pakistan). [158]

  6. Tabula (game) - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] The earliest description of "τάβλι" (tavli) is in an epigram of Byzantine emperor Zeno (r. 474–475; 476–491), given by Agathias of Myrine (6th century AD), who describes a game in which Zeno goes from a strong position to a very weak one after an unfortunate dice roll. [2] The rules of Tabula were reconstructed in the 19th ...

  7. Ancient literature - Wikipedia

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    Ancient literature comprises religious and scientific documents, tales, poetry and plays, royal edicts and declarations, and other forms of writing that were recorded on a variety of media, including stone, clay tablets, papyri, palm leaves, and metal.

  8. Timeline of ancient history - Wikipedia

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    The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...

  9. Timeline of post-classical history - Wikipedia

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    Begins a period of over seven decades of the Papacy outside of Rome that would be one of the major factors of the Western Schism. 1310: Dante publishes his Divine Comedy. Is one of the most defining works of literature during the Late Middle Ages, and among the most recognizable in all of literature. 1314: 23–24 June: Battle of Bannockburn.

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