The history of games span to the ancient past. Games are in integral part of all societies. Like work and relationships, they are an expression of some basic part of the human nature. Just as humans have an internal need to work, they have an internal need to play. Games are formalized expressions of play which allow people to go beyond immediate imagination and direct physical activity.

PropertyValue
dbpprop:abstract
  • The history of games span to the ancient past. Games are in integral part of all societies. Like work and relationships, they are an expression of some basic part of the human nature. Just as humans have an internal need to work, they have an internal need to play. Games are formalized expressions of play which allow people to go beyond immediate imagination and direct physical activity. Games also allow forms of play to be packaged and communicated to other people in a social group or geographically far away. This is demonstrated in the evolution and transformation of the games leading up to the European version of chess. The roots of the game can be traced across India, Arabia, and Japan over a period of more than 1,000 years. Games capture the ideas and behaviors of people at one period of time and carry that through time to their ancestors. Games like Liubo, Xiangqi, and Shogi illustrate the thinking of the military leaders who employed them centuries ago. When archaeologists excavate an ancient society they find artifacts related to living, working, family and social activities. Games often become an archival record of how individuals and groups played in earlier times. Game pieces from Senet and the Royal Game of Ur were part of the archeological record of Egypt.
dbpprop:reference
rdfs:comment
  • The history of games span to the ancient past. Games are in integral part of all societies. Like work and relationships, they are an expression of some basic part of the human nature. Just as humans have an internal need to work, they have an internal need to play. Games are formalized expressions of play which allow people to go beyond immediate imagination and direct physical activity.
rdfs:label
  • History of games
skos:subject
foaf:page
is dbpprop:redirect of