Qarqis
DLP Game
Period
Medieval, Modern
Region
Eastern Africa, Northern Africa
Category
Reconstruction, Pending, Board, Sow
Description
Qarqis is a game known from medieval and early modern Ethiopia which seems to refer to an early version of a mancala-style board game.
Rules
Played on holes in a table. Small balls are used as counters.
Origin
Ethiopia
Ludeme Description
Qarqis.lud
Concepts
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Reference
Pankhurst 1971: 154.
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Sources
Ludolf, H. 1699. Lexicon Aethiopico-Latinum. London: Thomam Roycroft.
Pankhurst, R. 1971. Gabata and Related Board Games of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia Observer 14(3):154-206.
Perruchon, J. 1903. Le livre des mystères du ciel et de la terre. Paris: Librairie de Paris.
Identifiers
DLP.Games.1119
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