How did the game of bridge originate? Detailed answer

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How did the game of bridge originate?

Like everything related to cards, the game of bridge has an ancient history. It belongs to the whist family. And as in all whist-type games, four people participate in the game: two by two. A deck of 52 cards is dealt in such a way that each player has 13 cards. The goal of the game is to take a bribe. Each trick consists of cards thrown one at a time by each player.

It is generally accepted that whist has its origins in England. There was a whole series of games of the whist family, starting with Triumph, then Trumps, Trumps and Honors (or Helm), whisk (or whist), bridge, Auction bridge (like whist) and, finally, bridge Contract. The earliest of these games were mentioned in English books over 400 years ago! Whist itself was originally a game of the lower classes. At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, it was adopted by the gentlemen of London coffee houses.

In 1742, Edmond Hoyle published A Concise Guide to Whist. After that, the game became very popular, spread across Europe and America.

It is not very clear how whist became bridge. Some argue that the bridge came from Russia. They say that the very word "bridge" comes from the Russian "to protect". Others consider Denmark to be the birthplace of the bridge. Another theory is that it originated in Turkey and is associated with a certain fad that was enjoyed in Turkey and Egypt. It is said that Turkey was the first country where the game of bridge became very popular. The word "bridge" may come from the Turkish word "bir-uch", which means "one-three".

From 1907 to 1930, Auction bridge was so popular that at least 15 people played it worldwide. Today, its place has been taken by the bridge contract, which is even more popular.

Author: Likum A.

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Where did the names of days of the week come from?

In ancient times, there was a time when the days of the week did not have their own names! The reason is very simple. Man has not yet come up with a week.

In that era, time was only divided into months, so there were too many days to assign a name to each of them. But with the construction of cities, people needed a separate day for trade, a market day. Sometimes such days were held every tenth day of the month, sometimes every seventh or every fifth. In Babylon it was every seventh day. On this day, no one worked, people met for trade and for religious ceremonies.

The Jews adopted this example, only setting aside every seventh day for religious purposes. This is how the week appeared - the days between the market, or market days. The Jews gave a name to each day, in other words, it was its serial number after Saturday - the day preceding the market day.

The Egyptians, who adopted the system of weeks, named the days of the week after the five planets, the Sun and the Moon. In ancient Rome, the Egyptian names of the days of the week were also used: the day of the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn.

We have adopted a mixed form of the names of the days of the week: from Monday to Friday - serial numbers of days, Saturday and Sunday - these names are of religious origin.

By the way, when we say "day", we consider that this is the period of time between sunrise and sunset. In ancient Rome, the day lasted from midnight to midnight, and today many countries use this method.

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