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Period: 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE
India
The religion is hinduism.
Physical education wasn't considered part of religion, until medieval age, they look physical activity as sports.
The PE wasn't that important on this civilization.
The majority PE was related to religion, like dancing and ceremonies.
The most practiced sports were Cricket, Chess, tennis, football.
And the official one was the Grass Hockey. -
2798 BCE
Chinese sport invention
They develop gymnastics movement with terapeutic nature, know today as Kung Fu. -
Period: 2686 BCE to 30 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Playing or competing in sports was something to do for people at every level of society. Some of the disciplines were carried out during the coronation ceremonies of the pharaohs and kings and sometimes the pharaohs themselves were participants of them because a leader should be ready for physical activity.
Field hockey, handball, tug of war, gymnastics, high jump, marathon, archery, javelin throw, boxing, weightlifting, swimming and rowing were some of the sports that they practiced. -
Period: 2500 BCE to 200
China
PE was important because of the development of movement for children.
They used to practiced chases, fights, and in the early centuries they practiced dances, archery, Hai chi, etc.
The Chinese also develop breathing exercises, polo, kite flying and horse riding.
Zumo - Yao bi: It is a sport that show the value of the monarch, two tribes, shiyu was fierce.
They also have a Chinese version of the soccer called Cuyu. Popular on streets and emperor's like it, later it was standardized. -
Period: 900 BCE to 146 BCE
Athens - Panathenaic Games
Were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece from 566 BC to the 3rd century AD.
Was formed in order to honor the goddess Athena.
Also included poetic and musical competitions.
The athletic events were staged at the Panathenaic Stadium and held contests as: Stadion, pentathlon, wrestling, boxing and pankration.
The equestrian events were two-horse chariot race,horse race and javelin throw on horseback. -
Period: 800 BCE to 600
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greeks loved sport and most cities in Ancient Greece had public gymnasiums where people gathered to train and relax.
The Greeks believed that a healthy body was very important.
Most men and boys practised sports every day because they enjoyed them and wanted to keep fit.
Sport was a good preparation for war too.
The Greek armies had to be fit enough to march long distances, carrying all their heavy equipment, and then begin the fight with the enemy.
Greece is the home country of the OG. -
776 BCE
Ancient Olympic Games
Began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia. The Games were part of a religious festival, were held in honor of Zeus.
Some of the sports practiced were running, jumping and throwing events plus boxing, wrestling, pankration and chariot racing.
On this competitions they were not regulations, no scoring systems and no time limit.
All athletes competed naked and the women weren´t allowed to participate or watch the game.
For the first 250-plus years all the action took place in the sanctuary of Olympia. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Sparta
The academic disciplines focused on physical exercises and athletics, music, dance and the rudiments of reading and writing.
Spartan education was focused mainly on war and honor.
Physical Education in Sparta was military education
Self-discipline, was the a goal of Spartan education. -
Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE
Pre-hellenic
The greeks were lovers of sort and taught it to their children at school.
The main activities were wrestling, running, jumping, discus and javelin, ball games, gymnastic and riding, this activities help them to improve in military skills.
The education consisted of two mayor parts: intellectual and physical.
So the physical one were called “gumnastike”: the development of physical abilities, such as strength, stamina and the foundations of military ideals. -
Period: 27 BCE to 476
Rome
The youth of Rome, as in Greece, had several forms of play
and exercise, such as jumping, wrestling, boxing, and racing.
The Romans also had several forms of ball playing, including one resembling handball. Dice games, board games, and gamble games were popular pastimes. Women did not take part in these activities.
In the countryside, pastimes for the wealthy also included fishing and hunting. -
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Roman Harpastum
Ancient Roman ball sport.
Was the Roman adaptation of the Greek game Episkyros and it has come similarities to American football.
This game was known for being quite violent, with records of occasional broken limbs and other injuries.
Harpestum consist in featured two teams of 12 to 14 players. Players would pass the ball among their teammates in an attempt to keep it within their own zone while holding back the rivaling team . -
Period: 1300 to 1521
Aztecs
The Aztecs had many many games and sports.
There were games for children, adults, nobles, and commoners. Being a deeply religious people, their games would often have a religious significance.
Sometimes they would be based on the people's religious beliefs, other times the game would actually be a part of their religious ritual.
The perfect example of this was the sport that became almost central to the Aztec culture - ullamaliztli. -
Athens 1896 OG
Athletic festival held in Athens that took place April 6–15, 1896. The Athens Games were the first occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. -
Athens 2004 Summer Olympics
The Games saw 10,625 athletes compete
There were 301 medal events in 28 different sports.
The lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame took place on 25 March 2004 in Ancient Olympia.
For the first time ever, the flame travelled around the world in a relay to various Olympic cities (past and future) and other large cities, before returning to Greece.
The Athens games had two official mascots: Athena and Phevos.
