The scenes are shown below — tap a card to reveal its place and year.
Round 1 · 1517
Nailing the 95 Theses
Wittenberg, Germany
An obscure theology professor named Martin Luther defiantly hammers his ninety-five Latin propositions against the corrupt sale of indulgences to the heavy wooden doors of the town's Castle Church.
Round 2 · 1840
Signing the Treaty of Waitangi
Waitangi, New Zealand
Gathered under a sprawling marquee, over five hundred Māori chiefs and British Crown representatives sign a controversial bilingual treaty that formally establishes New Zealand's foundational governing document.
Round 3 · 1494
Slicing the Globe in Half
Tordesillas, Spain
In a quiet Castilian town, diplomats from Spain and Portugal hunch over a sprawling map of the Atlantic, drawing an arbitrary meridian line to divide the entire undiscovered world between them.
Round 4 · 1750 BC
Erecting the Code of Hammurabi
Babylon, Iraq
Artisans in ancient Mesopotamia put the final touches on a massive basalt stele inscribed with 282 harsh but revolutionary laws, forever changing how justice is administered and recorded.
Round 5 · 172
A Philosopher King at War
Carnuntum, Austria
Huddled in a fortified legionary camp on the freezing Danube frontier, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius writes the deeply introspective stoic thoughts that will eventually be published as his legendary 'Meditations'.
