Contents

Traditionals Games - chap 1

		More than 1800 Games
		Games from all 6 Continents
		2000 Years of Games
		Medieval games
		Games from the Renaissance
		Games from the Antiquity
		Modern games
		Very large Games
		Games from the "Belle Epoque"

Throughout history, games have always played a fundamental role in shaping humans and the way they view the world. Games remain a living relic of mankind’s social and sociocultural history and illustrate how we have interacted with our environment and tamed our planet over the years

 

It is not unusual to find that similar games exist in various countries, but with rules that have been altered according to the mentalities of each region’s inhabitants. Hopscotch is played in the suburbs of every Western city, in the dusty markets of northern India and Nepal and in the villages of Burma, China and Russia

 

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