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How old are the skittles? Detailed answer
Directory / Big encyclopedia. Questions for quiz and self-education Did you know? How old are the skittles? The idea of rolling a round object towards a group of standing targets came to the mind of a person as a way of playing. In the graves of Egyptian children, which are more than 7000 years old, devices suitable for a skittles-like game have been found. There is evidence that a game already existed in the Stone Age, when large pieces of pebbles and cobblestones were rolled towards a painted stone, which served as a target. Written evidence says that ball rolling originated in the monasteries of Europe about 700 years ago as part of religious rituals. The peasants of those days carried a bat when they went to church. They say that the priests, in order to heat up the situation, told people that the bat embodies evil and vices. The bat was placed in a corner, and the peasants rolled large stones or balls into it. If someone hit, he was praised, if he didn't hit, he was advised to lead a more righteous life. The priests got carried away with the idea of hitting the bat, which they called "Kingley" (hence the name of the game). They tried to do it themselves - and so a new game was born. Later, people of noble birth and non-titled petty nobility began to play it. During the Middle Ages, skittles were a widespread and very popular game in Germany. When the game spread to England, people also became addicted to it. During the reign of Henry VIII, the game was so strengthened that in 1530 the king ordered the construction of a bowling alley in his domain. The first Danish settlers brought the 9-pin game with them to America and played on the New York lawn. Author: Likum A.
When did the Olympic Games start? The biggest award an athlete can receive is an Olympic gold medal. Did you know that the idea of holding the Olympic Games is over 2500 years old? According to Greek legend, the Olympic Games were organized by Hercules, the son of Zeus. There is evidence that the first Games were held in 776 BC. e. on the fields of Olympia. They were held once every 1 years for a millennium, until in 4 AD. e. the Romans did not cancel them. The ancient Greeks considered the Games so important that they measured time by the intervals between them. Four years were called the Olympics. The Classical Olympic Games in honor of the supreme god Zeus have been held in Greek Olympia every four years since 776 BC. e. Wars stopped during the Games. Only free male citizens were allowed to participate in them, who competed in running for short and long distances, in pentathlon (javelin throwing, running, jumping, discus throwing, wrestling), the so-called pankration (fistfight and wrestling), as well as in chariot races. Philosophers and poets took part in the Games, presenting their works there. In 394, the Roman emperor Theodosius banned them as "demonic games." They were resumed in 1896 in Athens (Olympic Games of our time) on the initiative of Baron de Coubertin. Both men and women participate in them. Since 1924, the Winter Olympic Games have also been held. The number of Olympic sports is constantly growing. Games were the embodiment of the Greek ideal that the body, like the mind and soul, should be developed. Nothing could prevent the Games even if there was a war, it had to stop. 15 centuries later, the Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin had the idea of resuming the Olympic Games. In 1894, at his suggestion, an international congress of 15 states was convened. This congress unanimously recognized the need to revive the Games and hold them regularly, once every four years. Two years later, the first modern Olympic Games were held in a rebuilt stadium in Athens, Greece. Today's Games include sports that did not even exist in antiquity, such as basketball, water polo, football, cycling, shooting, field hockey. The modern Olympic Games are organized by the International Olympic Committee. And each country has a National Olympic Committee, which is responsible for its country's participation in the Olympic Games.
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