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Over the centuries, Senet evolved into Backgammon\u003cspan\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003eanother game of chance and strategy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer preview-overlay is-preview-sidebar-visible\"\u003eIncludes pullout drawer for storage, 10 player pieces (5 green silos, 5 natural wood cones), 4 wooden \"dice\" sticks, and die board.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer preview-overlay is-preview-sidebar-visible\"\u003eMeasures 16 inches x 5 inches x 2 inches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer preview-overlay is-preview-sidebar-visible\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⚠ WARNING: Choking hazard—small parts. 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This version is modeled after the games discovered by British Archaeologist Sir Leonard Wooley in the 1920s. The ancient game of Ur evolve into modern-day draughts and checkers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer preview-overlay is-preview-sidebar-visible\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardwood board with storage 13.5\" x 5.25\", 8 pyramid dice, 14 playing pieces. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hotkey-layer preview-overlay is-preview-sidebar-visible\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⚠ WARNING: Choking hazard—small parts. 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This book highlights this rich depth of knowledge while also serving as a companion volume to the Museum's signature Middle East Galleries opening in April 2018. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edited volume includes chapters and integrated short, focused pieces from Museum curators and staff actively involved in the detailed planning of the new galleries. In addition to highlighting the most remarkable and interesting objects in the Museum's extraordinary Middle East collections, this volume illuminates the primary themes within these galleries (make, settle, connect, organize, and believe) and provides a larger context within which to understand them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ancient Middle East is home to the first urban settlements in human history, dating to the fourth millennium BCE; therefore, tracing this move toward city life figures prominently in the book. The topic of urbanization, how it came about and how these early steps still impact our daily lives, is explored from regional and localized perspectives, bringing us from Mesopotamia (Ur, Uruk, and Nippur) to Islamic and Persianate cites (Rayy and Isfahan) and, finally, connecting back to life in modern Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough examination of topics such as landscape, resources, trade, religious belief and burial practices, daily life, and nomads, this very important human journey is investigated both broadly and with specific case studies. 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