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ΙΚΙΙΉπ΄ββ οΈ
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card games are old as paper itself β the real one, not papyrus β let's say between year 666 n' 999. here's an example of an original chinese deck from the 10th cent., with suits & courts like modern playing cards. clic&scroll for moar, 'cos we're gonna jump straight to Egypt 1500 during the Mamluk Sultanate. π§΅
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ΙΚΙΙΉπ΄ββ οΈ
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these marvelous cards were created by the Mamluk Sultanate, which existed from the 13th to the 16th cents. in addition to the beautiful graphic richness of the iconoclasts tradition, are clearly appreciated the well-known suits of cups, swords, coins and clubs, in this case, jockey sticks.
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ΙΚΙΙΉπ΄ββ οΈ
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those were recreations, as you can see, there is not much left from this cards. here is another image for comparison of the size a a modern standard deck. researchers say these cards were not used for games but instead for fortune-telling, as well as for various courtly and cultural purposes.
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