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Period: 2500 BCE to
wrestling then and now
first in 2500 b.c.e people played in Mesopotamia then it was soon adapted by the Egyptians and in both of these civilisations the kings or gods used to play e.g the epic of gilgamesh played this game. Then in the first competitions began in greece when they played in the olimpics that are still there in 700 bc. Then in the 18th century they invented sumo wrestling in china where the wrestlers are very big. Now there is WWE. -
Period: 2000 BCE to
pok a tok/ mesoamerican ball game
pok a tok was invented in 2000 bc and was played in every mayan city this is a game that is very though you need to hit the ball with your hips head or wrists and you need to hit it in a circular hoop.
that has originated many sports eg. throw ball, basketball, football etc. -
Period: 1700 BCE to
archery
archery was invented in egypt where they first played archery in 1700 bc so that they can train people to fight in the war and for hunting. Now archery is a sport that is in the olympics. -
Period: 600 BCE to
polo
in 600 bc polo was played professionally in Iran but people seemed to get injured quite since this was mostly for war training.
then people started introducing polo to other countries and then they realised that they could play polo as a sport the in the 19th century the biggest copa da americas cup was held and was won by argentina. -
Period: 206 BCE to
cuju to football ( chinese origin )
cuju was first just a fun sport in which you need to hit it through a hoop in 206 bc in the han empire of china.
then in the 10th century in the song dynasty they played cuju professionally. Cuju was banned in the ming dynasty ( 1300 - 1600). Now we have football in which there are poles instead of hoops much bigger staduims and refrees and linesman who determine if it is offside or not and revolutionary tactics e.g. the false 9, the offside trap, target man, using trianglular movement etc.