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The History Of The Dice.
By Derek Miller, Tue Jan 10th
Dice are thought to be the oldest gaming implements known toman. Egyptian tombs, dated to 2000 BC, have been foundcontaining dice, and dice reputedly dated to 6000 BC have beenuncovered in archaeological excavations. Amazingly, dice weredeveloped independently by many ancient cultures all over theworld. Before standard cubical dice became common, ancientpeoples would use fruit stones, sets of flat sticks, sea shells,nut shells and pebbles to get random results for games. Thesewere probably adopted from witch doctors and shaman who wouldthrow them to gain insight and knowledge of the unknown andthings to come. Fortune telling is still practiced with standarddice to this day. Animal knucklebones were the next step in theevolution of dice. The Greeks and Romans used sheep anklebonesas well as the more developed cubical spotted dice. The Romanscalled the four-sided anklebones Tali or Astaragali and thestandard six-sided dice Tesserae. The Arab word for knucklebonesis the same word they use for dice. Playing with dice is stillknown as "rolling the bones" to this day. Of course games have been playedwith dice from their early beginnings. The first wereprobably simple racing games and have been lost to history.
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Thepharaohs of ancient Egypt were portrayed playing with dice andboth the Romans and Greeks were keen dice players. RomanEmperors notoriously played and gambled with dice compulsively.Dice games are known to have been popular in Europe during theMiddle Ages when French academics taught them to their students.In England, Richard the Lion Heart and King John both gambledwith dice and King Henry VIII lost the bells of old St Paul'schurch on a throw. Dice games have been played in English innssince at least the 15th century. Dominoes descended from dice inChina and spread to the west during the 18th century whilestandard ordinary dice became the vital component of a vastarray of commercial board games in the 19th and 20th centuries.In recent times polyhedral dice have gained widespreadpopularity with modern technological advances in plasticmoulding. So when you next play a board game, have a second lookat those dice in your hand. Whether it's the old standardsix-sided cube with spots or the latest polyhedral shape, diceare still the game players most vital, versatile and treasuredpiece of equipment. Interested in this subject? Try this link for more of the same About the author:None
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