What can cabotage involve?

Question

It originated in the 5th century BCE or earlier as training for the military, could involve up to 200 a game, was fêted for both men and women in Persian poetry and art. Which game is it?

Answer 1

Ships
Cabotage refers to coastal shipping trade involving two or more countries. It is also used to describe the transport of goods or passengers between two places in the same country by a transport operator from another country, by air, rail and road as well as shipping.