Origin of Playing Cards

Okay. The first thing I want to say before I even begin this essay is that I did a lot of research on this topic and found out that there are basically two schools of thought on this topic. Both theories discredit the other so, not knowing which one to believe I summarized both.

The First Theory
The first theory,maintains that the current deck of playing cards was derived from tarot cards which originated around India and were brought to Europe with the gypsies. The tarot card deck has 78 cards th...