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===Alquerque=== {{Main|wikipedia:Alquerque|l1=Alquerque}} An Arabic game called ''Quirkat'' or ''al-qirq'', with similar play to modern draughts, was played on a 5Γ5 board. It is mentioned in the 10th century work [[wikipedia:Kitab al-Aghani|Kitab al-Aghani]].<ref name=gameplay/> Al qirq was also the name for the game that is now called [[Nine Men's Morris]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Berger|first=F|year=2004|title=From circle and square to the image of the world: a possible interpretation or some petroglyphs of merels boards|journal=Rock Art Research|volume=21|issue=1|pages=11β25|url=http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/aura/shared_files/Berger1.pdf}}</ref> Al qirq was brought to Spain by the [[Moors]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Bell |first=R. C. |authorlink=Robert Charles Bell |title=Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations, volume 1 |year=1979 |publisher=[[Dover Publications]] |location=[[New York City]] |isbn=0-486-23855-5 |pages=47β48 }}</ref> where it became known as ''[[wikipedia:Alquerque|Alquerque]]'', the Spanish derivation of the Arabic name. The rules are given in the 13th century book ''[[Libro de los juegos]]''.<ref name=gameplay/> In about 1100, probably in the south of France, the game of Alquerque was adapted using [[backgammon]] pieces on a [[chessboard]].<ref name=antiques>{{cite book|last=Bell|first=Robert Charles|title=Board and Table Game Antiques|publisher=Osprey Publishing, |year=1981|edition=Illustrated|pages=33|isbn=0-85263-538-9|url=http://books.google.com/?id=yUQXzmslEkwC}}</ref>
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