Daily History Challenge · No. 118 · Saturday 24 October 2026 · Timeline
Puzzle No. 118: Timeline
The five events, earliest first: Monsoon-wind navigation opens direct Indo-Roman Indian Ocean trade; Battle of Karbala and the Sunni-Shia divide; Publication of Kaitai Shinsho, launching Rangaku in Japan; Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand and the Kingdom of Italy; M-Pesa launches mobile money in Kenya.
The correct order
c. 30 BCE (1st century BCE)Monsoon-wind navigation opens direct Indo-Roman Indian Ocean trade
10 October 680 CEBattle of Karbala and the Sunni-Shia divide
May to September 1860; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed 17 March 1861Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand and the Kingdom of Italy
March 2007 (launched 2007)M-Pesa launches mobile money in Kenya