Puzzle's Space

Coded by Bree Dorman

Definitions of Puzzles

1) a question or problem that requires thought, skill, or cleverness to be answered or solved.
2) jigsaw puzzle — often used figuratively
3) something or someone that is difficult to understand — usually singular

Timeline of Some Puzzles

2300 BC: Before modern incarnations of the the varieties of puzzles we sell – labyrinth drawings were popular around the world, particularly in Ancient Greece and Egypt. 1,000BC: Bottom-Fill Vessel: Chinese Puzzles, a fantastic puzzle website, does an excellent video on this variety. These bottom fill puzzles were first found in Cyprus around 1,000BC with decorative versions found in China around 900AD.

1760: Jigsaw Puzzle – Dating back to 1760, when European map makers pasted maps and cut them into small pieces, the have been a household favourite ever since and in fact, Jigsaw puzzles are still used in the American school system to tech children about geography to this day.The eighteenth century inventors of jigsaw puzzles would be amazed to see the transformations of the last 230 years. 1760; Netherlands: Secret compartments in everything! Classically made from pieces of household furniture, they were designed to help protect your house from thieves, every dresser had a secret compartment.

1800s: Puzzle Boxes, Japan – In a bit of history, the Japanese Puzzle Box or Himitsu-Bako originated from the Odawara district of Kanagawa, Japan. The exact date isn’t known, but they started to appear in the late Edo period. The hypnotic color patterns are created by using a combination of natural colored woods. 1865: Pyramid Puzzle: originally crafted on the pastoral frontier countryside, by pioneer fathers as toys for their children. 1883: Tower of Hanoi: Designed by a French mathematician specializing in the theory of numbers.
1894: Klotski Puzzle: First patented by Henry Walton, is a popular form of sliding puzzle. 1930: Kumiki puzzles have their roots in Japanese minimalism, first used in Japanese antiquity.

1933 – The Soma Cube is a solid dissection puzzle invented by Piet Hein in 1933 during a lecture on quantum mechanics. There are 7 pieces made out of unit cubes can be assembled into a 3 x 3 x 3 cube. 1974: The Rubik’s cube is a 3-d combination puzzles invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik. It is widely considered not only the bestselling puzzle of all time, but also the bestselling toy – with around 400 million sales worldwide. 1981: Pyraminx - Although first conceived by Uwe Meffert in 1970 it was not put in production until 1981. Meffert frequently mentions that the pyramminx would have never have been made if it had not been for the Rubik cube which is of a similar rotating style.