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1 hour ago, Optimist on the run said:

Presumably from the Middle East then. I believe there was a Roman version of tic-tac-toe or nine mans morris, but whther they invented it or imported in from further east I don't know.

 

Its not one of those games, but your getting there,.It isnt Roman, but the Romans were in the country where this game comes from. 5 letters beginning with "S". So no more hints

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I had three games in mind , my first choice would have been go, third mancala , but your hint confirms you want the Ancient Egyptian senet .

 

I'm surprised people still play senet, I've only come across it in a historical context whilst the other two are still popular. Plus I suspect as the age of these games must rely on archaeological evidence I bet the  Chinese would  say go (which is of course how you start a pudding race) was the oldest, ditto Africa and mancala

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17 hours ago, grimpil said:

Thank you!

 

Staying on the literature theme here is a quote from a favourite book.  I often used to keep these words on my desk or as a screen saver, but where does it come from?

 

"I like work: it fascinates me.  I can sit and look at it for hours"

Jerome K. Jerome.

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Cheers!

The fictional Ankh Morpork takes part of its name from the River Ankh which runs through the city... so

What was the historical name of the real-life area of land, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; a translation for which can mean literally "between two rivers".

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1 hour ago, mellers said:

Cheers!

The fictional Ankh Morpork takes part of its name from the River Ankh which runs through the city... so

What was the historical name of the real-life area of land, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; a translation for which can mean literally "between two rivers".

I remember this from my long gone uni days....the same name is used for an area of Oxford  - Mesopatomia

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