Derived from traces a game back to the older form it grew out of. Wikipedia notes "forms of football in which the ball was carried and tossed date to the Middle Ages," a lineage rugby football drew on before splitting further "into the modern sports of rugby union and rugby league" in 1895. This dimension shows the sequence of games that led to a given one.
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1. Wikipedia: Go (game)
WikipediaGo (game), Origin in China sectionQuote, Go (game), Origin in China section
The earliest written reference to the game is generally recognized as the historical annal Zuo Zhuan (c. 4th century BCE), referring to a historical event of 548 BCE.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are Othello and Reversi treated as the same game in this atlas?
No. Othello, a trademarked 20th-century commercialization of the older Reversi, is recorded as a distinct entity alongside it.
Space and Territory Games covers games scored by controlling territory on the board, such as Go, Othello and Reversi. Othello is the trademarked 20th-century commercialization of the 19th-century game Reversi, and both are recorded here as distinct entities under the same family rather than one superseding the other.