Polo

Polo is a horseback mounted team sport. It is one of the world's oldest known team sports. During Parthian rule over Persia (247 BC to 224 AD), it became known as the "sport of kings," an appellation still used today.

The modern form of polo originated in India, and was propagated by officers of the British Army in the mid 19th century. Two opposing teams have the objective of scoring goals by hitting a small hard ball with a long-handled wooden mallet, and through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called chukkas (or "chukkers").

Polo in Through Darkest Europe
Polo was one of the few cultural commonalities uniting the developed Muslim world and the underdeveloped European world. Italy was only one of many European nations full of maniacal polo fans, with a team in every town. European teams had made respectable showings in international tournaments, although as of AH 1439/AD 2018 they had not won any.