Playing cards were invented by the Chinese before AD1000. They reached Europe around 1360, not directly from China but from the Mameluke empire of Egypt. (http://bit.ly/32cO9Ej)
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July 5, 2019
July 5, 2019
Playing cards were invented by the Chinese before AD1000. They reached Europe around 1360, not directly from China but from the Mameluke empire of Egypt. (http://bit.ly/32cO9Ej)