brutal Sports across different Empires

the Mayans played poketalk a ball game

where players used only their hips and

knees to pass the ball through a ring

the captain of the losing team had to

present his head to the winning Captain

who then decapitated it sometimes the

whole team would be sacrificed to

appease the gods the Vikings had their

own version of tug of war in which two

teams pulled on animal skins over a pit

of fire the losers would obviously fall

in fire while the winners walked away

with Spoils of the town they had just

plundered which for them mainly involved

women the Egyptians played jousting in

the Nile two players on a boat would row

at each other full speed and hit their

opponent with oars attempting to throw

them in the water crocodiles in the

river would then enter the scene which

meant that losing was not an option the

Romans were famous for Gladiator games

where combatants fought till death for

the entertainment of the crowds wild

hungry 