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Toys and games: before or after?

The yo-yo or chess? The teddy bear or the jigsaw puzzle? Find out which game is the oldest.

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Which came first?

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Timeline: Toys and games

Show all the dates (careful, it gives away the answers!)
  1. around 3100 BC Senet In ancient Egypt, people play senet, one of the oldest known board games.
  2. around 500 BC The yo-yo Vases from ancient Greece already show children playing with a yo-yo.
  3. around 600 Chess In India, chaturanga is born: the ancestor of chess.
  4. around 900 Playing cards In China, the first playing cards are invented.
  5. 1766 The jigsaw puzzle In London, John Spilsbury glues a world map onto wood and cuts it up: the first jigsaw puzzle.
  6. 1817 The kaleidoscope Scottish scientist David Brewster patents the kaleidoscope and its pretty coloured patterns.
  7. 1902 The teddy bear The first teddy bears appear in the United States and Germany.
  8. 1913 Crosswords Arthur Wynne publishes the very first crossword puzzle in a New York newspaper.
  9. 1958 The LEGO brick The Danish company LEGO patents its famous brick with studs that click together.
  10. 1972 The video game console The Magnavox Odyssey, the first video game console to plug into a TV, goes on sale.

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