Where was Backgammon created?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The game Backgammon seems to have originated as a fortune telling game, where animal bones instead of dice would be rolled. Specifically Backgammon is believed to have originated in either India or China and somehow brought to the Western areas of Europe.

Answer 3

Backgammon is thought to have originated from Persia (now modern day Iran).

Answer 4

A game board has been excavated in Iran, dating to the 4th century BC.

Answer 5

backgammon was invented/created in Asia :-)

does that answer your quistion .

Answer 6

Backgammon originates from ancient Egypt, approximately 3000-1788 BC, with a board game called "Senat", now recognized as the earliest ancestor of modern backgammon.

Answer 7

backgammon is from Greek

Answer 8

India

Answer 9

Iran