![]() In western Europe, it never caught on but was documented by Oxford University orientalist Thomas Hyde. Two mancala tables from the early 18th century are to be found in Weikersheim Castle in southern Germany. In Estonia, it was once very popular (see " Bohnenspiel"), and likewise in Bosnia (where it is called Ban-Ban and still played today), Serbia, and Greece ("Mandoli", Cyclades). The games existed in especially eastern Europe. Among other early evidence of the game are fragments of a pottery board and several rock cuts found in Aksumite areas in Matara (in Eritrea) and Yeha (in Ethiopia), which are dated by archaeologists to between the 6th and 7th centuries AD the game may have been mentioned by Giyorgis of Segla in his 14th century Geʽez text Mysteries of Heaven and Earth, where he refers to a game called qarqis, a term used in Geʽez to refer to both Gebet'a (mancala) and Sant'araz (modern sent'erazh, Ethiopian chess). Evidence of the game was also uncovered in Israel in the city of Gedera in an excavated Roman bathhouse where pottery boards and rock cuts were unearthed dating back to between the 2nd and 3rd century AD. However, the oldest Mancala boards were found in An Ghazal, Jordan in the floor of a Neolithic dwelling" as early as ~5,870 BC. Ancient Mancala boards were found in Aksumite settlements in Matara, Eritrea, and Yeha, Ethiopia. mancala) boards in the base of an Aksumite stele, Axum, Ethiopia A 10th century ivory board from Muslim SpainĪccording to the Savannah African Art Museum, "archeological and historical evidence dates Mancala to the year 700 AD in East Africa. History Pit marks presumed to be ancient Gebeta (i.e. ![]() It is among the oldest known games to still be widely played today. Versions of the game date back past the 3rd century and evidence suggests the game existed in Ancient Egypt. The objective is usually to capture all or some set of the opponent's pieces. Mancala ( Arabic: منقلة manqalah) refers to a family of two-player turn-based strategy board games played with small stones, beans, or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board or other playing surface. ![]() Not to be confused with Mandala or Lake Manzala. ![]()
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