You are being provided with a book chapter by chapter. I will request you to read the book for me after each chapter. After reading the chapter, 1. shorten the chapter to no less than 300 words and no more than 400 words. 2. Do not change the name, address, or any important nouns in the chapter. 3. Do not translate the original language. 4. Keep the same style as the original chapter, keep it consistent throughout the chapter. Your reply must comply with all four requirements, or it’s invalid.
I will provide the chapter now.

TOYS ARE UNIVERSAL
 
       Archaeologists have unearthed plenty of ancient Egyptian figurines,
but determining which ones were ritual shabtis and which were
toys/dolls hasn’t always been easy. Those found in homes are
believed to be toys.
 
       When the Pet Rock hit the store shelves in 1975, it became a fad. The
fad faded quickly but lasted long enough for creator Gary Dahl to
make millions.
 
            Sophie la Girafe is a popular teething toy that first came out in
France in 1961. It’s a cute, seven-inch high rubber giraffe that’s
become popular around the world.
 
       Although the people of Pre-Columbia Mesoamerica never developed
wheeled vehicles, they did create what are believed to be wheeled
toys for their children.
 
            “Stretch Armstrong” was a popular rubber “doll” for boys in the
1970s and ‘80s that was a bodybuilder you could contort into different
shapes. They were filled with blue corn syrup that was often quickly
extracted by more curious kids.
 
            Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots was a game made by Marx that first
came out in 1964. The popular game has sold in different versions
since the ‘60s.
 
       Hasbro first used the term “action figure” in 1964 to refer to its G.I.
Joe figures because they didn’t think boys would want a toy called a
doll.
 
       The ancient Greeks created the world’s first mechanical puzzle in the
3rd century BCE. The goal was to create different shapes in a square
that was divided into 14 parts.
 
            The modern board game Sorry! is basically a rip off of the ancient
Indian game, Pachisi. The modern version uses cards instead of shells
to determine the movement of pieces.
 
       Kongsuni, born in 1969, is the name of a fairly new realistic doll line
in South Korea. The doll is so realistic that it “eats” and then farts!
 
            Matryoshka dolls, or nesting dolls, are those wooden dolls that go
inside of each other, progressively getting smaller, or bigger. The first
set was made by a Russian craftsman, Vasily Petrovich
Zvyozdochkin, in 1890.
 
       The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was cool toy that came out in
1950 that was supposed to teach kids about atomic energy. It also
came with four uranium ores!
 
            The Barbie doll has changed quite a bit since she first came out in
1959. Different versions include 180 careers, 40 nationalities, every
race, and thousands of outfits.
 
       Marble games have been played for centuries, but in the US and UK,
the most popular version is “ringer” (US) or “ring taw” (UK).
 
       The Rubik’s Cube was invented by Hungarian architect, Ernő Rubik,
in 1974. Rubik invented the cube on accident but quickly saw how
much fun it could be.
 
            Toys “R” Us began life as a single store in New Jersey in 1948 and
expanded to nearly every continent before declaring bankruptcy in
2017. A restructured version of the company plans to open new
stores.
 
            Candy Land requires no skills, strategy, or attention span to play.
This is probably what has made Candy Land such a popular board
game since 1949.