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Everyoneplaysboardgames,andeveryonewillfindsomethingtofascinatetheminthisbookaboutthe gamesofthepast,andtheirhistoryanddevelopment.Basedonthelecturesgivenataconferenceinthe BritishMuseum,thisbooktellsthestoryinaproperlyacademicway,butitisnolessinterestingforthat... andperhapsevenmoreinteresting!ThebookbeginswiththreechaptersonthegamesoftheancientNear East,mostnotablyTheRoyalGameofUr,thentherearefivechaptersonthevariousgamesofancient Egypt,senet,mehen,etc.FivemorechaptersaredevotedtothegamesoftheGreekandRomanworld,then oneonIndia,andthreeonChinesegamesincludingGo.ThentherearethreeonthebeginningsofChessand itsintroductionintowesternEurope,thenfouronbackgammonfromIndiatomedievalEngland,threeon mancalagames,andoneonthepursuitofhnefatafl,finallysomebriefnotesonthegamesoftheNewWorld. Theauthors,thirty-oneofthem,rangefromarchaeologists,historiansandmuseumcurators,notleastIrving Finkel,theeditorofthevolume,tosuchwell-knownhistoriansofgamesasRCBellandtheinternationally famousgrandmasterandjournalistRaymondKeene.Itisalargeformatbookwithhundredsofphotosand drawings.TableofContentsPreface(JohnCurtis);TheStudyofBoardGamesandthepresentvolume(I.F Finkel);1.TheEarliestmaterialsHomoLudens:EarlyBoardGamesintheNearEast(St.JohnSimpson); 2.AncientMesopotamiaTheRoyalGameofUr(A.Becker);TheGameandtheplayoftheRoyalGameof Ur(I.F.Finkel);3.EgyptMehen:theancientgameoftheserpent(TimothyKendall);Weretheregamesters inancientEgypt?(W.J.Tait);TheEgyptiangameofsenetandthemigrationofthesoul,(PeterA.Piccione );Thegameofhoundsandjackals(A.J.Hoerth);TheancientEgyptian20fieldgame(E.Pusch); 4.The ClassicalWorldBoardgamesandtheirsymbolsfromRomantimestoearlyChristianity(AnitaRieche); InscribedimperialRomangamingboards(N.Purcell);PavementsignsandgameboardsoftheGraecoRomanworld,aBMtypology(R.C.Bell&C.Roueché);LateRomanandByzantinegameboardsat Aphrodisias(C.Roueché);5.ChessThebeginningsofchess(MichaelMark);Changingcultures:the receptionofchessintoW.EuropeintheMiddleAges(RichardEarles);Problemswiththedatingofchess withreferencetoShatrang(RaymondKeene);6.BackgammonNewevidencefromcentralAsiaforboard gamehistory(G.Semenov);Indiainthehistoryofbackgammon(M.Soar);Notesontheearlyhistoryof thebackgammonfamilyinChina(AndrewLo);AlateeleventhcenturytabluaesetfromGloucester(IanJ. Stewart);Abriefhistoryofbackgammonandthedesignoftheboard(M.Watkins);7.IndiaandtheFar EastGameboardsatVijayanagara:apreliminaryreport(JohnM.FritzandDavidGibson);Horsecoins: piecesforDama,theChineseboardgameDrivingHorses(JoeCribb);AnIntroductiontoboardgamesin lateimperialChina(AndrewLo);GoinancientChina(JohnFairbairn); 8.MankalaAnoverviewof Mankalarulesandvariations(L.Russ);ThetypologicalspreadoftheMankalatablefortheabove(Philip Townsend);MankalagameboardsasAfricanemblemsofstatus(RoslyAdeleWalker);9.Miscellaneous studiesThepursuitofHnefatafl(I.Riddler);ThehistoryandrulesofRithmomachia,thephilosopher'sgame (J.Stigter);RobertCulinandNewWorldgames(BonitaFreeman-Witthoft).Readmore