Daily History Challenge · No. 48 · Saturday 15 August 2026 · Timeline

Puzzle No. 48: Timeline

The five events, earliest first: Wootz crucible steel developed in South India and Sri Lanka; Ferdowsi completes the Shahnameh, the Persian Book of Kings; Laki Fissure Eruption and the Mist Hardships Famine; The Azusa Street Revival and the Birth of Pentecostalism; The US-China trade war begins.

The correct order

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

8 March 1010 CEFerdowsi completes the Shahnameh, the Persian Book of Kings

8 June 1783 to 7 February 1784Laki Fissure Eruption and the Mist Hardships Famine

1906 to 1909The Azusa Street Revival and the Birth of Pentecostalism

6 July 2018The US-China trade war begins

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