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|Location=Libya | |Location=Libya | ||
|Game Regions=Rest of World | |Game Regions=Rest of World | ||
|Game Eras=Post-1900 | |Game Eras=Derivative, Post-1900 | ||
|Invented Game=No | |||
|Description=<p>In a 1939 account, Om El Mahag is described as elementary baseball, and said to be analogous to rounders and old-cat. It was reported that Om El Mahag was only played by the Berber tribes.</p> | |Description=<p>In a 1939 account, Om El Mahag is described as elementary baseball, and said to be analogous to rounders and old-cat. It was reported that Om El Mahag was only played by the Berber tribes.</p> | ||
<p>Descriptions of the game are not detailed enough at this point to determine how it related, or relates, to base ball, long ball, or other early safe-haven games.</p> | <p>Descriptions of the game are not detailed enough at this point to determine how it related, or relates, to base ball, long ball, or other early safe-haven games.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Ado<span> | |Sources=<p>Ado<span> Gini, "Rural Ritual Games in </span>Libya<span>," </span><em>Rural Sociology</em><span> 4, no. 1 </span>(1939)<span>.</span></p> | ||
<p><span>Lidstrom and Bjarsholm, <em>Batting, Running, and ‘Burning’ in Early Modern Europe: A Contribution to the Debate on the Roots of Baseball</em>, International Journal of the History of Sport (2020), at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09523367.2020.1714597</span></p> | |||
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Revision as of 18:24, 15 June 2023
| Game | Om El Mahag |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | Libya |
| Regions | Rest of World |
| Eras | Derivative, Post-1900 |
| Invented | No |
| Tags | |
| Description | In a 1939 account, Om El Mahag is described as elementary baseball, and said to be analogous to rounders and old-cat. It was reported that Om El Mahag was only played by the Berber tribes. Descriptions of the game are not detailed enough at this point to determine how it related, or relates, to base ball, long ball, or other early safe-haven games. |
| Sources | Ado Gini, "Rural Ritual Games in Libya," Rural Sociology 4, no. 1 (1939). Lidstrom and Bjarsholm, Batting, Running, and ‘Burning’ in Early Modern Europe: A Contribution to the Debate on the Roots of Baseball, International Journal of the History of Sport (2020), at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09523367.2020.1714597 |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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