Daily History Challenge · No. 62 · Saturday 29 August 2026 · Timeline
Puzzle No. 62: Timeline
The five events, earliest first: Old Assyrian trade network and the karum of Kanesh; Battle of Cannae: Hannibal annihilates a Roman army; Otto I crowned emperor, founding the Holy Roman Empire; Spanish American independence movements begin; Adoption of the Kyoto Protocol.
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
2 February 962 CEOtto I crowned emperor, founding the Holy Roman Empire
11 December 1997Adoption of the Kyoto Protocol