HOUSE OF REYN THE HISTORY OF SOCCER PART I THE FIRST BALLGAME

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The video leverages a compelling historical narrative about the origins of a popular sport, presenting surprising facts about ancient civilizations and their ball games to capture viewer interest.

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This video explores the ancient origins of ball games, predating modern soccer and even ancient Rome and Greece. It highlights the Olmec civilization in Mexico as the inventors of the first organized ball games, dating back to 1400-1600 BCE.

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1Introduction to the history of soccer
2Ancient American ball games
3Olmec civilization and their ball games
4Ball games predating Rome and Socrates
5Teaser for Part II on the Maya

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HOUSE OF REYN THE HISTORY OF SOCCER PART I THE FIRST BALLGAME SOCCER'S STORY ≠ BEGIN IN ENGLAND, BUT ANCIENT AMERICA. first balls = natural latex recipe: rubber tree sap + juice of morning glory vines. ANCIENT MESOAMERICANS built huge, stone, high-walled courts. OLDER. HEAVIER. BLOODIER. FAR MORE SACRED. OLMEC EMPIRE OLMEC = inventors of our first ballgames. ever recorded in all of human history. BALLGAMES PREDATE: Rome by 800 years. BALLGAMES PREDATE: Socrates by a millenia. PART II: THE MAYANS WHEN THE GAME - CIVILIZATION

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⚡️HISTORY ≠ STAND STILL⚡️ As the sun sank into the sky yesterday, the light kept changing as I filmed...which somehow felt appropriate. ⚽️ Welcome to Part I of a series exploring the History of Soccer ⚽️ Next: The Maya⚡️ #HistoryTok #WorldCup #Soccer #AncientCivilizations #LearnOnTikTok

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for messy. before. before. before. England's claim of inventing football. Soccer's story begin in England, but ancient America. civilizations invented first balls = natural latex. recipe: rubber tree sap + juice of morning glory vines. balls made of rubber. these civilizations. ancient Mesoamericans built huge, stone, high-walled courts. of stone, bone, and flesh. to watch two teams battle it out over a ball. this was not soccer. not like we know it today. no. older, heavier, bloodier, and far more sacred. for more than 3,000 years. these civilizations played versions of organized ball games. despite variations. the balls of each game trace back to one single origin point. Gulf Coast of present-day Mexico. 1400-1600 BCE. the Olmec Empire. for archeology can discern the Olmec civilization. the inventors of our first ballgames. ever recorded in all of human history. think about that. this means games of the Olmec ballgames predate: Rome by 800 years. ballgames predate Socrates by a millenia. ballgames predate: the birth of Jesus Christ. Mesoamerica played ball. part two will come out shortly. titled the Mayans. when the game - civilization.