| The earliest backgammon board so far
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| | anti-clockwise. Tabula used three dice
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| discovered in ancient Mesopotamia
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| | and according to the results shown on the
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| (today's Iraq) dates back some 4,600
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| | dice, three checkers could be moved. In
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| years! There is no other game that can
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| | common with much of today's Internet
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| compete with the claim that to play
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| | backgammon Tabula was played as a type of
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| backgammon was the original pastime. It
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| | backgammon gambling rather than for the
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| is interesting to note that the
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| | fun of the game alone.
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| appearance of the backgammon set, and the
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| | Following on the breakup of the Roman
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| backgammon board have not significantly
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| | Empire, backgammon type of games
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| changed from the times when the game was
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| | continued to spread through both the
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| enjoyed by the ancient Egyptians,
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| | Middle East and Europe. The origins of
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| Persians and the Romans.
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| | the term "Backgammon" has been traced
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| It is hard to know for sure that the
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| | back to the Anglo-Saxon expression for a
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| backgammon rules known today do not
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| | game. The name seems to have first come
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| differ substantially from the backgammon
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| | into use in 1600's England. In 1743 an
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| instructions that might have been printed
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| | Englishman called Edmond Hoyle wrote a
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| inside the package of some ancient
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| | Treatise on Backgammon, which provided
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| backgammon sets, if the ancients would
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| | the first written work setting out in a
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| have got round to commercially producing
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| | systematic fashion the rules determining
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| the game. Since no ancient printed sets
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| | the backgammon set up and the movement of
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| of backgammon rules have yet been
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| | pieces.
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| discovered, it is very much a matter of
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| | Over the last hundred years backgammon
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| conjecture if the moving of pieces and
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| | has continued to develop. The introducing
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| the backgammon strategy followed
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| | of the doubling cube in America of the
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| thousands of years ago corresponds with
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| | 1920's provided a boost for the
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| the strategy that players follow today.
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| | backgammon gambling industry. Over the
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| The spread of backgammon around the world
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| | last few decades, the development of
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| can be traced. Records have been found of
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| | backgammon software has resulted in a
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| the popularity of a Roman version of
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| | new, exciting phase of the game that has
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| backgammon called Tabula (from the Latin
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| | brought it into high profile as online
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| for board) with the Roman Emperor
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| | backgammon attracts an increasing number
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| Claudius included amongst its most famous
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| | of fans, and spreads interest in the game
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| players. Like the game we know today
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| | beyond its traditional group of players.
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| Tabula had 15 checkers. It seems that the
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| | Try out a free game of backgammon on the
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| game was played with checkers entering
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| | net and see what all the hype is about.
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| the board from square one and being move
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