Handball

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American History

 

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Mack B

 

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October 31, 2011

 

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University

 

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The balls used in handball were made to be durable but light. They were made out of a leather skin which was stuffed with plant fibers like papyrus, or with hay. The Roman Empire called the game “expulsim ludere”. It was played on courts called sphaeristsa. It is told that Alexander the Great was the one who spread the game throughout the Greek colonies in Italy during the first millennium BC...
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Then it spread to other countries of the Roman Empire. It’s not quite certain of the details of how the game was played the, but is thought to be similar to what is known as one-wall handball today. During the Middle Ages in France, handball was called jeux de paume (palm play). It was very popular with the peasants as well as nobility...
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