yes it was the earliest record shows that the game was called the royal game of Ur dated 3000 BC.
Ur was the capital city of sumer south of Mesopotamia Iraq today
Mesopotamia (today's Iran, Iraq and Syria)
backgammon was created around 3000BC and chess was created around 1283AD
Many say backgammon originated in Mesopotamia in the Persian Empire, which today is Iran, Iraq and Syria. Some say the Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans played a form of backgammon probably derived from the earlier Indian game of Parcheesi. The Chinese believe that the game of Nard was invented in Western India and was used in China in mid 200s AD.
We have evidence that was discovered in the burnt city of Sistan and Baluchistan about 6000 years ago. Also, our poets have many poems about them. This is a Persian game. No one can steal the history and civilization of Persia. This game is completely Iranian. The documents are also available
Mesopotamia (today's Iran, Iraq and Syria)
The Persians invented Bricks, Ice cream, the First Taxation System, Chess, Algebra, Windmills and Backgammon.
they like to play soccer in their free time as well as horse racing, backgammon, and chess
Yes I'm pretty sure. I even think Mesopotamia invented it.
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ABPA Backgammon was created in 1979.
The game of backgammon is commonly known as one of the oldest board games between two players. The game dates back over 5000 years, and many areas claim to have 'invented' backgammon. The earliest known record of a backgammon-like game were the Egyptian/Iraqi games of senet and the Royal Game of Ur, dating back to around 3000 BC. The game of 'nard' was popular in ancient Persia (now Iran) and has been found to be existent in a similar time. The Ancient Romans and Indians of 400 AD had games of backgammon, the Chinese, French and Spanish all had their own variants of the game too. But the first use of the word 'backgammon' was found in the Oxford English Dictionary of 1650, with rules at the time very similar to ours. Overall, we can safely say that backgammon originated somewhere in the Egyptian or Middle Eastern region 5000 years ago.
Checkers was invented in Ur a town in Iraq.