Go

(noun)

An abstract strategy board game for two players, where the object is to surround more territory than the opponent. 

Related Terms

Examples of Go in the following topics:

  • Crime and Punishment

    • People on trial had to go through an ordeal to determine if they were guilty or innocent.

  • The Five Emperors

    • Some also credit him for creating the popular board game weiqi (also known as "Go").

  • The Mythical Period

    • Emperor Yao, whose reign was from 2317-2234 BCE, was credited with being a role model in dignity and diligence to future emperors, and was the inventor of the game "weiqi" (also known as "Go").

  • The Bantu Migration

    • From this core, expansion began about 3,000 years ago, with one stream going into East Africa, and other streams going south along the African coast of Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola, or inland along the many south-to-north flowing rivers of the Congo River system.

  • Charlemagne's Reforms

    • It was called for three reasons: to gather the Frankish host to go on campaign, to discuss political and ecclesiastical matters affecting the kingdom and legislate for them, and to make judgements.
    • All important men had to go the meeting, and so it was an important way for Charlemagne to make his will known.

  • The Justinian Code

    • Codex: a compilation, by selection and extraction, of imperial enactments to date, going back to Hadrian in the 2nd century AD.

  • The Medical Renaissance

    • Harvey made a detailed analysis of the overall structure of the heart, going on to an analysis of the arteries, showing how their pulsation depends upon the contraction of the left ventricle, while the contraction of the right ventricle propels its charge of blood into the pulmonary artery.

  • Erasmus

    • The chief evil of the day, he says, is formalism - going through the motions of tradition without understanding their basis in the teachings of Christ.

  • The Rise of the Vernacular

    • The period focused on self-actualization and one's ability to accept what is going on in one's life.

  • The Establishment of the Roman Republic

    • Following these actions, he refused to replace the senators he executed and refused to consult the Senate in matters of government going forward, diminishing the size and influence of the Senate greatly.