Domino

Tile game have been found in China as early as 1120 AD. Some historical records has traced evidence of the pieces, the road back to the warrior-hero named Hung Ming (181-234 AD). Other historians believe that Keung T'ai Kung, in the twelfth century BC has created them.Its Chu sz yam (Research on the tradition of All Things) states that the dominoes created by a statesman in 1120 AD.

This man was said to have given them to the Emperor Hui Tsung, and that they circulated abroad by the orders of the empire during the reign of Hui son, Kao-Tsung (1127-1163 AD). Other commentators say that this document refers to the discovery of standardization and not the game itself.

Michael Dummett wrote short in the historical part of the 'Game of Tarot' (page 35) dating to the introduction of domino in Europe to Italy, possibly in Venice and Naples, in the 18th century Although domino tiles clear of Chinese heritage, there is debate over whether the European tile set from China to Europe in the fourteenth century or created independently.

Single Domino found by Mary Rose wreck (early 16th century-May), but seems to have found its way there much later. Overall, there was so much evidence to the game in the 16th century and the 17th century that if there dominoes they would not escape from the record.

Domino Europe is a rectangle that is twice as long as they are wide. There is one tile for each combination of a pair of dice face; empty suit is throwing one die, with a total of twenty-eight tiles in six Double standards are set. The other set with a larger number of tiles created later, with nine double-doubles and twelve sets become the most common extensions.

The word 'domino' most likely comes from the Latin, Dominus (eg, host). The caller, Domine, became a minister of Scotland and England (eg, schools). Dative or ablative, dominoes, into French and then English dominoes. The word was first referred to the type of monastic hood, and then to disguise hooded costume with a tiny mask, then the mask itself, and finally to one of the pieces in the set of dominoes, ie [1-1] tiles.

The game moved from Italy to France in the early 18th century and became fashionable. At the end of the 18th century, France is also producing domino puzzles. Puzzles were of two types. First, you are given a pattern and asked to place tiles on it such that the ends match. In the second type, you are given a pattern and asked to place tiles based on arithmetic properties pips, usually total line of tiles and tile halves. Creative Book Puzzles of the World by Van Delft and Botermans Abrams, New York, has an antique reproduction French jigsaw puzzle assembled by matching domino tiles on the bottom of the picture square of this period.

The game arrived in Britain in the late 18th century from France (possibly via French prisoners of war) and quickly seems to have become popular in the inn and the bar at the time.

The word 'Domino' is French for a black and white hood worn by Christian priests in winter which is probably where the name of this game comes from. Domino games played around the world, but they are most popular in Latin America.

Inuits (Eskimos, to use an old term and not appropriate, because this native of North America) plays a game with tiles made of bones that are very similar to Western Dominoes. This game may imitate Western game than the original discovery.

Lots of dominoes that we associate with a very modern. Game block appears to be the oldest European game. But fools dating from the early 20th century. Many games have been created in recent decades.

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