Multiplication and multiplication games
Walk along a chalk line Multiplying numbers is like jumping along the number line, with all your jumps the same size. It's the same thing as addition, except that you repeat [...]
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Medieval Islamic games
Medieval Islamic games: Muslims playing chess in Spain Chess from India The big new game of the Islamic Empire was chess. The Arabs learned to play chess from the Sassanians when [...]
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Indian games: ancient India
Indian games: A die found in excavations at a Harappan period site. Note that the six is not opposite the one. The first games in India People brought the idea [...]
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Helen of Troy – the Trojan War
Kidnapping Helen of Troy (from Pompeii) Who was Helen of Troy? Helen, the daughter of Zeus and the queen of Sparta, was the most beautiful young woman in the world. She lived [...]
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Opening ceremonies – Greek Olympic games
The palaestra at Olympia, Elis, Greece (about 250 BC) Once all the men had arrived in Elis for the Olympic Games, they spent a month practicing and training together in [...]
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Athletic events – Ancient Greek Olympics
Greek Olympic events - Men's footrace (Athens, ca. 530 BC) A short foot race At first, the only athletic competition at the Olympics was a single short foot race, 170 [...]
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Ancient Greek games: what did people play?
Greek games: Discobolos (the Discus Thrower) (This is a Roman copy; the Greek one didn't last) Athletic competitions The Greeks took games of all kinds very seriously, but especially physical [...]
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Swings and seesaws in ancient Greece
Ancient Greek toys: A man lifts a child into a swing (Eretria Painter, 435-420 BC) Ancient Greek toys Even though people in ancient Greece loved competitive games, they also played [...]
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History of games: What kind of games?
History of games: Egyptian girls playing a piggyback ball toss game What were the first games? There have been toys and games since before there were people; even young chimpanzees [...]
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Gambling games and dolls – History of games
Gambling games: Greek girls playing knucklebones (ca. 200 BC, now in British Museum) People loved to gamble Gambling games were very popular all over the world from as early as [...]
