Ch 32
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When was Backgammon invented? The ancestors of Backgammon were according to Wikipedia invented about 5,000 to 4,400 years ago and Backgammon itself 1,500.
Where was Backgammon invented? Its ancestors were according to Wikipedia invented in Egypt around 3,500 B.C., Persia 3,000, then Iraq in 2,600 and finally Backgammon was invented in around 450 to 500 A.D
How did Backgammon spread? According to Wikipedia, it started in the Byzantine Empire, then the Ottoman empire, so what would become Turkey and modern day Greece, Then east Asia and western Europe and finally America.
Why is Backgammon popular? There exist multiple reasons but one is that it is so old that it has had more time to spread and familiarize itself with culture.
What is Backgammon? Backgammon is a board game with 36 total parts, two players, two …show more content…
There is a rhetorical opportunity from the fact that even though Backgammon is widespread and popular it is still rare enough that a lot of people don’t know about it and it is still not too large of a topic since Backgammon is simple to understand and it has not been modified much since its creation.
Ch 33
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“Space Savers Are Banned in the South End” from Boston magazine caught my eye with its introduction which began by relating with the targeted audience with the first sentence “Let’s face it: in a city where parking space is precious, every snowstorm can turn our streets into a battlefield.” and then gives the reason for the fact “The familiar culprit? Space savers—which include anything from bright-orange road cones to ironing boards to life-size cardboard cutouts of the Rock—plopped into cleared-out public parking spots to mark the shoveler’s territory.” and then gives the specific details about the consequences “Over the years, Bostonians have notoriously taken the
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When was Backgammon invented? The ancestors of Backgammon were according to Wikipedia invented about 5,000 to 4,400 years ago and Backgammon itself 1,500.
Where was Backgammon invented? Its ancestors were according to Wikipedia invented in Egypt around 3,500 B.C., Persia 3,000, then Iraq in 2,600 and finally Backgammon was invented in around 450 to 500 A.D
How did Backgammon spread? According to Wikipedia, it started in the Byzantine Empire, then the Ottoman empire, so what would become Turkey and modern day Greece, Then east Asia and western Europe and finally America.
Why is Backgammon popular? There exist multiple reasons but one is that it is so old that it has had more time to spread and familiarize itself with culture.
What is Backgammon? Backgammon is a board game with 36 total parts, two players, two …show more content…
There is a rhetorical opportunity from the fact that even though Backgammon is widespread and popular it is still rare enough that a lot of people don’t know about it and it is still not too large of a topic since Backgammon is simple to understand and it has not been modified much since its creation.
Ch 33
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“Space Savers Are Banned in the South End” from Boston magazine caught my eye with its introduction which began by relating with the targeted audience with the first sentence “Let’s face it: in a city where parking space is precious, every snowstorm can turn our streets into a battlefield.” and then gives the reason for the fact “The familiar culprit? Space savers—which include anything from bright-orange road cones to ironing boards to life-size cardboard cutouts of the Rock—plopped into cleared-out public parking spots to mark the shoveler’s territory.” and then gives the specific details about the consequences “Over the years, Bostonians have notoriously taken the