Lhe strategy games have existed since man went from being a hunter-gatherer to that of a breeder and craftsman, living in cities, with political and religious structures. It is not a coincidence, but the consequence of these new organizations which made it possible to have free time for religion and for leisure. This is why precursor games, more or less close to chess, were born in all the first cities of humanity.
Le Senet Egypt (-3500 BC
The game of Senet is a board game of ancient Egypt. The first traces of this game date from the pre-dynastic period and the first dynasty (between 3500 and 3100 BC). A mural of the tomb of Hesyrê (Third Dynasty: about 2686-2613 before Christ) is the most famous vestige of the senet.
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