Hvor blev royal game of ur fundet?
Mesopotamien
Royal Game of Ur, også kendt som Game of Twenty Squares eller blot Game of Ur, er et strategispil for to spillere, som blev spillet i det gamle Mesopotamien i begyndelsen af det tredje årtusinde f.Kr. Spillet var populært i hele Mellemøsten blandt folk fra alle sociale lag, og brætspil er fundet på steder så langt væk fra Mesopotamien som Kreta og Sri Lanka. På toppen af sin popularitet fik spillet en åndelig betydning, og man mente, at spillets begivenheder afspejlede spillerens fremtid og overbragte budskaber fra guder eller andre overnaturlige væsener. Ur-spillet forblev populært indtil slutningen af antikken, hvor det ophørte med at blive spillet og muligvis udviklede sig til eller blev erstattet af en tidlig form for backgammon. Det blev efterhånden glemt overalt undtagen blandt den jødiske befolkning i den indiske by Kochi, som fortsatte med at spille en version af det indtil 1950'erne, da de begyndte at emigrere til Israel.
Mesopotamia
The Royal Game of Ur, also known as the Game of Twenty Squares or simply the Game of Ur, is a two-player strategy race board game that was first played in ancient Mesopotamia during the early third millennium BC. The game was popular across the Middle East among people of all social strata and boards for playing it have been found at locations as far away from Mesopotamia as Crete and Sri Lanka. At the height of its popularity, the game acquired spiritual significance, and events in the game were believed to reflect a player's future and convey messages from deities or other supernatural beings. The Game of Ur remained popular until late antiquity, when it stopped being played, possibly evolving into, or being displaced by, an early form of backgammon. It was eventually forgotten everywhere except among the Jewish population of the Indian city of Kochi, who continued playing a version of it until the 1950s when they began emigrating to Israel.
Royal Game of Ur