Daily History Challenge · No. 55 · Saturday 22 August 2026 · Timeline

Puzzle No. 55: Timeline

The five events, earliest first: Old Assyrian trade network and the karum of Kanesh; Battle of Cannae: Hannibal annihilates a Roman army; Legendary origin of smallpox variolation (inoculation) in East Asia; Founding of the Tablighi Jamaat; The Second Congo War, Africa's deadliest conflict.

The correct order

c. 1950 to 1750 BCEOld Assyrian trade network and the karum of Kanesh

2 August 216 BCEBattle of Cannae: Hannibal annihilates a Roman army

c. 1000 CELegendary origin of smallpox variolation (inoculation) in East Asia

c. 1926Founding of the Tablighi Jamaat

1998 to 2003 (Second Congo War)The Second Congo War, Africa's deadliest conflict

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