Daily History Challenge · No. 41 · Saturday 8 August 2026 · Timeline

Puzzle No. 41: Timeline

The five events, earliest first: Battle of Kadesh between Egypt and the Hittites; Wootz crucible steel developed in South India and Sri Lanka; Pedro Álvares Cabral reaches the coast of Brazil; Qing conquest of the Dzungars and the creation of Xinjiang; The Peninsular War.

The correct order

c. 1274 BCEBattle of Kadesh between Egypt and the Hittites

c. 300 BCEWootz crucible steel developed in South India and Sri Lanka

22 April 1500Pedro Álvares Cabral reaches the coast of Brazil

1755 to 1759Qing conquest of the Dzungars and the creation of Xinjiang

1808 to 1814The Peninsular War

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