The History of Toys

The bones belonged to a three year old girl who had died more than seven thousand years before florida had become a state. The ancient greeks expected children to give up their toys when they came of age. Young women would actually take their toys to the local temple on the night before their wedding, where they would offer them as a sacrifice to the gods. Jigsaw puzzles were born in 17 67 as a way of teaching geography. And board games from the same period were meant to entertain. Toys had evolved, but throughout all history, it seems, across cultural boundaries and spanning thousands of years of art and technology, there has been one constant in the world of toys. Children refuse