Probably the people of Ur, the most ancient of civilizations, around 5,000 years ago. Games very much like checkers were also played by the ancient Egyptians and the Romans.
The Industrial Revolution.
Checkers has been around since ancient times. Specifically, one of its ancestors was the game called alquerque. This game is known to have been played as far back as 600 B.C. But its board boasted 25 squares, with each square being crossed by diagonals. In contrast, the modern game of checkers uses a 65-square board in the United States of America, and a 100-square board in Europe.
The renaissance spread to northern Europe by, when the renaissance started in Italy spread over to northern Europe and lands on the Middle East and Africa.
Jeff Wiggle
I think it is called 'checkers' in the USA.
The first one.
Castles started appearing in Europe around 1000 AD
Universities started to flourish during the Renaissance.
The Renaissance started in Florence, Italy and spread from there.
It started in Spain :) It first started in Asia, but then it went to Europe. It started up again in India in 1900's but they made a cure for it
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Gangs started in Europe long ago, probably Western Europe. United Kingdom is the highest possibility.
The difference between checkers and Chinese checkers is that Chinese checkers are used with marbles.
sumerian checkers are what they are called regular checkers
I'm not totally sure put I think it started in Europe :)
Europe but started in France