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One of the oldest known games played by moving pieces on a board, called the passing game, was invented in Egypt roughly five thousand years ago. Ancient Egyptians continued playing the game for three thousand years. However, the game never spread outside of Egypt during that time. Scholars have proposed several explanations for Why the game was never adopted by ancient cultures outside of Egypt

Religious meaning

Some historians believe that the passing game had a religious significance for the ancient Egyptians. As evidence, they point to images of birds and other Egyptian religious symbols that decorate ancient passing game boards. It is possible that the game represented a story from Egyptian mythology or that participants meditated on religious themes while playing. This could explain why the passing game was not adopted outside of Egypt: a game closely related to the Egyptian religion Would have been meaningless to cultures with different religions

Poor game design

Some game experts have suggested that the passing game s design made it boring to play. They point out that the game relied mostly on luck and chance rather than skill and strategy, offering little that could hold someones interest. Players threw sticks and moved their game pieces across the board according to the result of the throw. While the ancient Egyptians may have kept playing it by tradition for thousands of years, the lack of strategic skills involved may have made the passing game rather boring, preventing it from spreading outside of Egypt

Egyptian cultural attitude

A third possible explanation lies in the way the ancient Egyptians ran their empire. Egypt was a great power in the ancient world sometimes conquering other areas. But, unlike many other ancient kingdoms, Egypt did not try to impose its own culture, religion, or language on the conquered areas. The failure of the passing game to spread could be due to the fact that the Egyptians were not interested in exporting their culture, including board games

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