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This article explains the notation of backgammon code. This might come in handy for newbies to read backgammon articles.

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The History of Backgammon

Before we get started in explaining the game, here is a little bit of historical background about the game that we know as Backgammon:

Backgammon is the oldest known game in history that has been recorded. It is believed all around the world that the game originated in the ancient Mesopotamia (An ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq). Backgammon was played on a wooden board for a table (much like today), stones or small rocks as men, and numbered dice made from either wood, pottery, stones or bones.

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