Daily History Challenge · No. 111 · Saturday 17 October 2026 · Timeline

Puzzle No. 111: Timeline

The five events, earliest first: Monsoon-wind navigation opens direct Indo-Roman Indian Ocean trade; Construction of the Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand; Publication of Kaitai Shinsho, launching Rangaku in Japan; Emancipation of the serfs in Russia; Soviet-Afghan War.

The correct order

c. 30 BCE (1st century BCE)Monsoon-wind navigation opens direct Indo-Roman Indian Ocean trade

c. 1399-1404Construction of the Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand

1774Publication of Kaitai Shinsho, launching Rangaku in Japan

3 March 1861 (19 February O.S.)Emancipation of the serfs in Russia

December 1979 to February 1989Soviet-Afghan War

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