Where did bowling start?

Answer 1

First Answer:
Ten-pin bowling was invented during Puritan times. In the Puritan laws of Massachusetts was a prohibition against "bowling at Nine Pins." So...they added another pin.
actually the bowling game was invented over 7000 years ag.

Second Answer:
Tenpin is derived from ninepin bowling, a game which was brought to the US by the Dutch, Germans, and English sometime before the Civil War. Ninepin bowling was very popular with the colonoists and participants and spectators alike often gambled on the outcome of games. In 1841 a Connecticut law outlawed ninepin bowling because of the gambling. The bowling proprietors decided to add another pin to get around the law and called the game tenpin bowling. The first indoor bowling alley was built in 1840 at Knickerbockers of New York City.
in Germany.

Answer 2

Bowling came from Europe.

WRONG

Actually Bowling Originated in Egypt by the Acient Egyptians.

Bowling then became popular in Europe and started to spread. Now it is one of the most played sport in the world. Actually bowling has been around in many forms for a very long time. The type of bowling played in the US, known as tenpin bowling, was brought over by the Europeans and is derived from the Germans, so it would be considered European in nature.

The Ancient Egyptians did have artifacts in their tombs related to bowling, but as a people we are unsure if they were the inventors of the game.

Also bowling is a general term. It refers to many different sports. It is defined as a sport in which balls are rolled on a green or down an alley, towards an object or group of objects. This encompasses, lawn bowling, boules, bocce, and many others as well as pin games like duckpin, candlestick, fivepin, ninepin, and tenpin bowling.

Answer 3

Bowling which is one of the most popular and widely played sports today is thought to be well over 5000 years old. It is believed that the Egyptians were among the first to play this game. Bowling has a long history and has changed throughout the years.

Answer 4

One theory is that it comes from the Saxon word 'bolla', which originally meant 'bubble', but which eventually began to refer to any round object.

Another theory is that it came from the Old French word 'boule' or the Latin 'bulla', both derived from the word 'ball'.

Other words that mean the same as bowling include: skittles, bocce, kegles, and quilles.

Answer 5

British officers in India. But it oringinated in Britian. British officers in India. But it oringinated in Britian.
The early Egyptians invented/created the game of bowling

Answer 6

america in bremerton washigton by a man named Korey

Answer 7

i think it was the ancient Greeks