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Why do you think the game of chess became popular across many cultures?

Why do you think chess pieces were crafted in different ways and named differently across different geographical areas and cultures?

Why did the Mantri or Vazir become the Queen in Europe?

What does this tell us about cultural adaptation?

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1). Watch the clip 'A brief history of Chess' under the resources tab.

2). Observe the chart under the resources tab. The chart explains how chess pieces were named and identified in various different ways as the game spread to different parts of the world.

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Choose a spokesperson from your group to present your cultural exchange to the class!

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I think chess became popular among many cultures because it is a challenging game that keeps changing depending on the player and so, keeps people interested.

Depending on where the people who play it are, their language, the animals of the region and the way their political system is structured, people will name the pieces and make it look like things they know or see everyday.

As was mentioned in the video, at the time, powerful female figures were showing up and queens became the right-hand person to the king.

As different things and stories move around, people adapt them to fit their culture and language. And even within cultures, this changes over time.

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1. I think chess became popular across many cultures because it was a game that they could all enjoy. It started out as a game to showcase battle strategies and smart thinking. Everyone saw an opportunity to learn from it and expand their knowledge while having fun at the same time. This game could've also helped leaders strategize for real battles.

2. I think chess pieces was crafted in different ways because different cultures wanted to customize the game to better fit their own beliefs and traditions. These different adaptations could've been influenced by games that existed in cultures prior to chess.

3. It was influenced by strong female leaders coming into power.

4. this tells us that different cultures have different beliefs and views on different things but in the end their opinions are just variations of others', most of the time.

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1. Chess is a game for intellectuals-- emphasizing on prestige/status. At that time, chess could be used as a method to test the knowledge ranking of someone; therefore, making them "better" than the rest. It was like a disruptive innovation or a fab that carried on throughout generations.

2. Colloquial terms within two or more countries are different. Due to cultural influence, it would natural that the pieces would have names native to the country or area.

3. There was an uprise of strong female leaders; therefore, many thought it would be fitting to name the chess piece as such.

4. The game spread from one area to another morphing with the cultural attitudes of each place. Through this, more people got to experience the game chess.

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I think chess became popular across so many countries because its such a complicated game and if someone won, you also would want to win.

In different places, there are different languages and cultures and political systems.

Strong women were coming into power so it was fitting.

This tells us how the game and rules are the same, however the pieces and people who play it are from different places and speak different languages.

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- I think that chess became popular in many different cultures, even though the game was very challenging, it keeled people interested in the game.

- it depends on where the player play the game, the animals of their zone on where they lived, and the way their politics work. People who’ve found the game in different area will name their pieces on things they already know or seen everyday.

- the video mentioned that at the time, their were powerful females and showing up and queens became their “right-hand” person to their king.

- the story keeper moving around, people made it easier so it could fit their culture/language, but even with the culture, the game keep changing or time.

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- I think chess became popular across several cultures because it was an entertaining but challenging, competitive game that kept people's brain active.
- I think chess pieces were crafted differently depending on the geographical area because it represented the way of life and culture of those. It was to display the different social classes performing their proper roles, which is drastically different in every country.
- Inspired by the recent surge of strong female leaders at the time, the weak piece of the advisor was replaced as a more powerful queen, which accelerated the games pace.
- Many things like games and practices were culturally adapted throughout time to suit the present social constructs and society's beliefs....cultural adaptation is always present wherever and whenever.

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1) I feel that chess became a popular game, because it was challenging and interesting. Every game is different and you don't know what the outcome will be.  In the video they talked about how it was important, because they could plan out how wars would happen. What strategy's would they do to make sure they won?
2) I feel as time evolved, and names got translated in different langues they started to change. I feel that they were crafted in different ways because different geographical areas have different opinions. They would change what they didn't like about the previous one.
3) In they video they talked about how their were more female leaders, which made the Queen a very powerful piece of the game
4)With different cultures ideas, different things can change. It is important to have everyones ideas to make the best end result. If we work together we will get things done better.

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Chess, being a strategic pass time, became popular as people did not have much else to do with their time. Chess pieces were probrably made in different ways across different areas and cultures as different cultures decided to put their own spin on the game. The vazir was replaced with the queen due to the influx of strong female leaders and the fact that the game was very slow due to the vazir having limited movements.