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title: Ball Court, Monte Alban
author: Bobak Ha'Eri
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1428/ball-court-monte-alban/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Ball Court, Monte Alban
_Authored by Bobak Ha'Eri_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1428.jpg)
## Image Caption
The Classic Period ball court of Monte Alban (150-650 CE). The ball game was popular across Mesoamerica and the objective was to put a rubber ball through a hoop placed high on each [wall](https://www.worldhistory.org/wall/). Any part of the body could be used except the hands.
## External Links
- [Monte Albán | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/alban/hd_alban.htm)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Ha'Eri, B. (2013, September 15). Ball Court, Monte Alban. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Ha'Eri, Bobak. "Ball Court, Monte Alban." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 15, 2013. .
### MLA
Ha'Eri, Bobak. "Ball Court, Monte Alban." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Sep 2013, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monte_Alb%C3%A1n-12-05oaxaca024.jpg) by [**Bobak Ha'Eri**](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monte_Alb%C3%A1n-12-05oaxaca024.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 15 September 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.