1. Sports in Early
Civilizations

2. Mesopotamian Sports &
Entertainment
Hunting
Boxing
Wrestling
Polo
Boomerangs
Throw sticks
Rattles
Board games

3. Mesopotamian Sports facts
• Individual Sports other from the royal hunt,
sports were often ritualistic. Seals and
sculpture show wrestling and boxing
matches between real and fake creatures.
Ancient text where wrestlers, gymnasts,
and jugglers performing in the temples.

4. Ancient Mesopotamian Sports
Facts
• Little evidence relating to Mesopotamian
sports has survived from the East. Clay
and pottery balls have been excavated,
but the rules for the games played with
them are not clear. In the Epic of
Gilgamesh, King Gilgamesh wears out the
young men by playing a kind of human
polo, riding on their backs while hitting a
puck with a stick.

5. Ancient Egyptian Sports & Entertainment
Wrestling
Javelin throwing
Archery
Swimming
Rowing
Assortment of ball games
Lengthy foot races
Chariot racing

6. Ancient Egyptian Sports Facts
The Ancient Egyptians played a variety of
different sports. Different sports have been
shown in various paintings and in ancient
documents gave great information about this
subject. Sporting artifacts have been found
in tombs.

7. Ancient Sports Facts
The Ancient Egyptians were known to like
competitive sports and they were an exciting
form of entertainment. The winners of sports
contests were given money and large
collars called usekhs. It covered half of
their bodies. Many of the competitive
Ancient Egyptian sports are still played in
the Olympics.

8. Egyptian Sports Fun Facts
• Egypt is often
described as a
sportsman's paradise.
• Of the many games
introduced into Egypt
during the nineteenth
century, football has
become almost the
national game.

9. Mesopotamian Sports Fun Facts
• Lion hunting by the king was a horrible
event. Lions were put in wooden cages.
Then, the lion was released to be attacked
by dogs and beaters. The beaters would
beat the lion with sticks and drive them to
the king who killed it with a bow or spear.

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