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.
Backgammon is thought to have originated from Persia (now modern day Iran).
A game board has been excavated in Iran, dating to the 4th century BC.
Backgammon originates from ancient Egypt, approximately 3000-1788 BC, with a board game called "Senat", now recognized as the earliest ancestor of modern backgammon.
backgammon is from Greek
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ABPA Backgammon was created in 1979.
ABPA Backgammon was created in 1979.
Emotional Backgammon was created on 2003-##-12.
backgammon was created around 3000BC and chess was created around 1283AD
Backgammon evolved along with mankind. Neanderthalls played a similar game using charcoal and rat bones. . . . (Love this answer -- do not take it too seriously!)
Backgammon is a two-person board game.
ABPA Backgammon happened in 1979.
Backgammon, the board game, has no synonym. But, backgammon has different names in different languages: Tric-Trac in French, Puff or Poof in German, Gamao in Portuguese, Tavla (tables) in Turkish... Backgammon also has a second meaning of a triple score in the backgammon game.
The duration of Emotional Backgammon is 1.55 hours.
Lewis Deyong has written: 'Playboy's Book of backgammon' -- subject(s): Backgammon 'Backgammon, learning to win'
Tim Holland - backgammon - died in 2010.
Tim Holland - backgammon - was born in 1931.