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Rummikub

Rummikub: photograph by ryan harvey
Photo: ryan harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Tile rummy invented by Ephraim Hertzano.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Israel.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Crossroads and Golden Ages (about 500 to 1500), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia.

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