Intellectual Games

 

About 2500 BC, settlers of south east Iran (Kerman & Sistan and Baloochestan) used to make various intellectual games and tens of stone and wooden plates for intellectual games were excavated from Jiroft in Kerman.

These games gradually turned into a variety of entertaining and intellectual games such as chess and backgammon.

Intellectual game made of stone

2500 BC-Jiroft-Kerman

 

 

Intellectual games made of stone 2500 BC-Jiroft Kerman

Backgammon-Simin Plate-Sassaniad- 6&7 Century AD

Chess

 

Chess pieces from Ivory-Sassaniad era-7th century AD-Samarghand museum

Glazed Chess pieces-Neishabor-12th century AD-Metropolitan museum