Moments of Rupture

The five moments in this challenge

The scenes are shown below — tap a card to reveal its place and year.

1. 

   Round 1 · 218 BC

   Hannibal's Army Crosses the Alps

   The Alps, near modern France/Italy border

   Carthaginian general Hannibal stunned the Roman Republic by marching his army, including war elephants, over the treacherous Alpine passes.

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2. 

   Round 2 · 1170

   Expansion of Krak des Chevaliers

   Homs Governorate, Syria

   The Knights Hospitaller heavily fortify this limestone crusader castle, adding a massive outer wall and a dozen towers to make it the most impregnable fortress in the Levant.

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3. 

   Round 3 · 1893

   Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

   Honolulu, Hawaii

   Backed by heavily armed US Marines, a committee of foreign residents and sugar planters deposes Queen Liliʻuokalani, ending the Hawaiian monarchy at 'Iolani Palace.

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4. 

   Round 4 · 1908

   Aftermath of the Tunguska Event

   Podkamennaya Tunguska, Siberia, Russia

   A massive explosion, likely caused by an airbursting meteoroid, flattened roughly 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometers of remote Siberian forest, mysteriously leaving no impact crater.

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5. 

   Round 5 · 1805

   Lewis and Clark Reach the Pacific Ocean

   Cape Disappointment, Washington, USA

   After an 8,000-mile journey mapping the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, the Corps of Discovery finally sights the Pacific Ocean at the turbulent mouth of the Columbia River.

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