India, Aug. 15 -- What made mahjong a global phenomenon? To understand this, let's take a step back to the fascinating roots of the four-player game of luck and skill.
Invented in China in the 1800s, most likely in a port city by the Yangtze river, it started out as a gambling game played by Chinese men.
As those traders and exporters travelled, the game, with its intricately designed tiles and unfamiliar rules intrigued the West, where it acquired the nickname of "game of a hundred intelligences".
By the 1900s, imported sets had begun to appear at posh department stores.
An American version of the game was born, featuring cards and a point system in addition to the tiles.
By the 1920s, the fad had driven white women to dress in elab...
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