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Where was the game of Dominoes invented?
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#102297. Asked by armindasantana. (Jan 13 09 2:06 PM)
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McFlyFave
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The oldest known domino set was found in Tutankhamun’s tomb, among the ruins of Thebes. Tutankhamun was king of ancient Egypt in the 18th dynasty, 1355 BC. According to historians, a Chinese set, with 32 pieces, existed in the year 1120 AD.
http://www.worlddomino.com/history.htm
Although domino tiles are clearly of Chinese inheritance, there is a debate over whether the European tile set came from China to Europe in the fourteenth century or was invented independently.
http://www.pagat.com/tile/wdom/history.html
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