Entertainment

Games


Egyptian
-jackal and hound
-cones and spools


Roman
-latrunculi (soldiers) (board game)
-dice (6 faces and 4 faced)


Viking
-dice games - 6 sided
-long dice (2 sided)
-Hnefatafl (table king) (board game)
-Merels or Nine Men's Morris (played from ancient times even in Egypt)
-Halatafl
-'knucklebones' or 'fivestones'
-riddling


Mediaeval
-Chess and Draughts (brought back to Europe by Crusaders)
        -several variations of chess
 

Music and Songs

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Dances

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