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> I had no idea the game had middle eastern origins for instance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess#Origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o
by lllllll0 5y ago
> I had no idea the game had middle eastern origins for instance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess#Origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess#Origin
Chess originated in India, not the Middle East.
- capableweb 5y agoSeems like the precursors might have originated from India but what would evolve into what we today call "Chess" seems to have been taking shape in Persia (Iran).
- renewiltord 5y agoDo the historians who track these things have some metric that they determine that separates 'precursors' from the game itself or is it a human "you know it when you see it" or consensus? Just curious. I imagine it's something similar to how we answer the question "Are these distinct species?" (which doesn't really have a great answer).