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Treasure hunting on the Thames, with Jo Ellison
Life and Art from FT Weekend
The History of Backgammon
Greeks call it tavli. The araces, tali arabs call it cheshbesh. The french call it je de tab e. It's at least thousand years old. I think it's just under five thousand years was the earliest ancestor of thatgammon recorded in, i think, ancient mesopotamia. Well, when when i go to greece or armenian you see these sort of older menad at tables playing backamon all day. It's like in everyone's blood. There's something so a comforting about the consistency of it as well.
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