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Well it's more like backgammon

• samatman 5y ago
  Intriguingly, mancala is the Egyptian Arabic name for that game. Some very early boards from e.g. Aksum in Ethiopia were identified by archaelogists as mancala boards, but are more likely to have been for Senet. It's probable that the Ancient Egyptians played both, but I don't believe the record is clear on where mancala came from and at what time it reached Egypt, presuming that isn't where it came from, which it might be.