Backgammon

Mob football, an ancestor of American football, was a sport where 25 people per team had to navigate the football to the other side of the field and into the goal. This version of football was known as extremely violent and had very few rules. Backgammon, chess and checkers were also played back then, but dice was made from stone wood and knuckle bones. Many of these sports originate from the Elizabethan era, as Queen Elizabeth I would watch these

portrayed as, “the bleeding heart” throughout much of the story. In the beginning of the story, Stein’s character seems to be petulant. When his commander Davidoff, is distracted by the Border Police Officer, taking him away from their game of backgammon, he makes a sarcastic threat about volunteering to go with the personnel officer if Davidoff doesn’t “shoot the fucking dice.” (752) Soon after Stein finds himself selected to spend a week with the Border Police. The first day he spends with them

In Book 1, Aristotle starts with introducing what political community or city is like. He says, “Since we see that every city is some sort of community … for the sake of some good, it is clear that all communities aim at some good”. It is safe to say that an established community is for the sake of others. For Aristotle, a city that “embraces all the others” is a community that strives the good of all. In Chapter 2 of “Aristotle’s Politics”, Aristotle discusses how some things progress in a natural

In Resistance to Civil Government, Henry David Thoreau informs us of his belief that the government is perverted. He also lets us know what he feels people should do about it. Thoreau wants his readers to think for themselves, to follow their conscience, and to be willing to accept the consequences of their actions. Thoreau asks his readers to know what they are supporting. The government used the poll tax to support the Mexican war and slavery. Highway taxes supported roads and schools. Thoreau

the family during Labor Day weekend. On the Sunday that we were there my grandma’s church had a picnic at the local beach after liturgy was over. At the beach my friends and I did all sorts of typical Middle Eastern things such as eat hummus, play backgammon, and swim in the water. But suddenly in the midst of me eating my kabob I noticed a small three year old boy playing dangerously close to the cliff that was there. But when I looked around everyone else seemed so oblivious and nonchalant about what

Life during the Renaissance is very different from the 21st century life when it came to our daily routines, our meals, and even how we spend our free time. During that period only some kids had to go to school and people had a way they went about wear their clothes. For food there was not a lot of options for and entertainment was available only during their free time. Kids of the Renaissance had to go to school, but education was not meant for everyone. Elementary schools educated the middle

In ancient Greece, the people could do plenty of things. The men would talk about politics and watch plays if they weren’t busy with military duties while the women mostly stayed home taking care of the children while they played games and did the house duties. Most of the people from Ancient Greece had farming jobs but a lot of the times they were outside of the city because of the landscape and climate. Grapes and olives were picked and used for many things, for example, the grapes could be made

What types of games, hunting and sports did they play during Elizabethan Era? During the Elizabethan Era, the types of games, hunting and sports they played were dangerous and violent. In this story you will learn how they played their games, what they go hunting for, and the kind of sports they played. Shakespeare and Elizabethan had very remarkable cultures. Shakespeare lived during a remarkable period of English history. Elizabethan culture and commercial and literature thrived. Elizabethan

advertisements, but it also offers sections of poetry, humor, and satire. The little things in life helped keep the morale of colonists up, during the long, tiring war. Colonists also have games, such as: The Royall, Most Pleasant Game of the Goose, Backgammon boards, and billiard tables (Geist, 2006). For the children of the colonies, we had a break through during the war in the world of toys. Merchant stores were able to start selling: tops, marbles, dressed babies, dolls with glass eyes, toy fiddles

What is it about movies that we enjoy so thoroughly? People agree movies inspire us, allow us to escape and oftentimes, broaden our perspective and force us to open our eyes to a worldview that is inherently different from our own. Films constantly present us with new and unconventional aspects of life. As we attempt to better understand and become more familiarized with varying lifestyles, societies and cultures, we are often led to take an objective look at the values and ideals our society promotes