Where did card games first appear? Detailed answer

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Where did card games first appear?

Card games have been around for so long that no one can say exactly where they first appeared. Most experts believe that playing cards came to us from Asia. There is a legend according to which the Hindus and Muslims in the old days used round playing cards for entertainment, but this is not documented.

The first documentary evidence of this dates back to the 1120th century. The Chinese claim that cards existed in China as early as XNUMX and that they were invented during the reign of Emperor Qian Huo for the entertainment of his courtiers. We know that by the end of the XNUMXth century, cards were very popular in France. They became so popular that even a law was passed forbidding working people from playing on weekdays!

The first cards were mostly rectangular or square, although in some places round cards were also played. The first decks of cards usually consisted of 86 cards. One of the cards had no number and was called "fool". In modern times, this card is called the Joker.

In the XNUMXth century, the art of wood engraving became widespread in Europe. Before that, the cards were hand-drawn and very expensive, so only very wealthy people could afford to buy them. But with the help of wood engraving, cheaper cards were made possible, and for the first time the lower strata of society were able to spend their leisure time playing card games.

In the XNUMXth century, four suits first appeared in France, which are still in use today: hearts, spades, clubs and diamonds.

Author: Likum A.

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What is cancer?

You probably know from the appeals of cancer organizations and from the results of all the studies conducted in this area that this disease is the biggest threat to the health and life of mankind. We will talk about cancer only in general terms, so that you can get an idea of \uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbthis disease.

Cancer is a persistent malignant tumor. Its cells spread throughout the body and end up in parts that can be quite far from where the tumor first appeared. If they are not removed or destroyed in time, then cancer leads to the death of a person.

New cells are constantly being added to our body. They grow, wear out and die, and in their place exactly the same ones are formed. But cancer cells look and function very differently. They look like young cells in the part of the body where they originate, but under a microscope, you can see the differences.

Then the cancer cells divide, their number increases, but they never grow, they just stop reproducing. They multiply until they become harmful to the body.

As they grow, they do not stay in one place, but move among normal cells. Finally, there are so many of them that they crowd out the ordinary ones, which are now not only able to function normally, but also to survive. Through the blood, cancer spreads to different parts of the body. There it grows and interferes with the activity of organs.

If you do not stop the growth and spread of a malignant tumor, then the person will die. That is why periodic examination is so necessary for detection and treatment before the disease has gone too far.

Cancer is not transmitted from person to person. No remedy has yet been found to effectively treat this disease. Therefore, one of the most important goals of medicine is to fully understand the nature and causes of cancer and find a way to prevent and treat it.

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