The Royal Game of Ur [IG Storytime]
Guest Contributor: Mais Al-Aloosi
Date: March 14, 2021
Subject: Mais does a brief deep dive into the Royal Game of Ur, also known as the Game of Twenty Squares. It is a two-player strategy race board game that was first played in ancient Mesopotamia during the early third millennium BC.
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