Even ancient civilizations got bored once and a while and needed entertainment. How about a board game? This ancient board game is from Sumer. This answers the unit question “How does human need, interest, and curiosity drive human invention,” because the royalty of the land needed a way to spend their time. They created the first board game, which was richly decorated with shell, bone, lapis, lazuli and red limestone. Human need drove the invention of the first board game in Sumer so they could entertain themselves.
We are connected with ancient Sumer. On a rainy day, instead of going out to play, one may pull out a board game. Just as the royalty of Sumer did, we have a flat surface with pieces to move around the perimeter of the board. The people of ancient Mesopotamia faced the same problems we do: boredom and a need to chase it away. They created the first board game to entertain themselves and we use board games to have fun today.
The photo above is The Royal Game of UR
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