Bowling
Bowling came from Germany by monks.
Bowling. obviously you could knock down frozen ferrets with walrus heads, and it isn't very complex.
Baseball & Bowling
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no, softball came first
The early Egyptians invented bowling
bowling ball
No Baseball orginated from Britain and was changed to baseball in America
The first bowling game is believed to be played around 300 AD.
Bowling
I tried to research the answer, but based on my knowledge of bowling, it was probably named after the person who came up with the format.