History of Sports

The development and changes in sport throughout human history can tell a lot about how social change in society in general and about the nature of sport in particular.Hermes, the Olympian god - patron of athletes

Many examples of cave art, discovered to date contain images of ritual ceremonial scenes. Despite the fact that the actions depicted on these images can not be attributed solely to the modern concept of sport, yet it can be concluded that even then there were classes and rituals, reminiscent of a sports activity. These images are located in France, Africa and Australia, were made 30,000 years ago.

There are objects and structures which show that in China there was a work that fits under the current definition of sport, has a 4000 years BC. Apparently, the gym has been a popular sport in ancient China. Images and objects in the tombs of the pharaohs also suggests that different kinds of sports activities have been developed for several thousand years ago, among them are the swimming and fishing. On the territory of ancient Persia took back sports such as polo and equestrian competitions of knights on the spears.

In ancient Greece, there is a wide variety of sports. Most developed various kinds of fighting, running, discus throwing, and chariot race. Judging by this list, military culture and military art had a direct relation to the sport in ancient Greece (and elsewhere). There is every four years the Olympics were held - in a small village in the Peloponnesus called Olympia.CroquetSince the days of ancient Greece to the present day the history of sport can be traced easily. Over time, sport was becoming more organized and regulated. Appeared and formed new species and subspecies of sport, the rules were refined, sports, traditions and acquired supporters.The Industrial Revolution and mass production has led to the fact that a growing number of people were collecting their free time, which led to mass sport - more people are willing and able to make sport a part of his life, playing sports, either directly or devoting his leisure to the observations of sports.

These trends were even greater development with the advent of mass media and global communications. Sport has become a professional, which further increased his popularity.Modern post-industrial society, based on such resources as information and knowledge, taking advantage of individual contacts of people with Internet technology, actively cultivates intellectual sports such as poker, and network multiplayer games.