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The Royal Game of Ur - Mesopotamia's Gift to Board Games

Next, we travel to ancient Mesopotamia, where the Royal Game of Ur, also known as the Game of Twenty Squares, was a popular pastime. This game, dating back to 2600 BC, was played on a board that resembled a modern-day racetrack.

The game involved two players, each with seven pieces, and the objective was to navigate these pieces around the board based on the roll of a tetrahedral dice. The Royal Game of Ur was a game of both luck and strategy, with the first player to get all their pieces off the board declared the winner.