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    Daily · Echoes of Eras Past

    360° scene from Mount Rushmore Nearing Completion73 AD – 1942 AD

    Today's challenge bounds wildly across the centuries, taking you from ancient desert sieges and medieval mud-brick marvels to colossal engineering feats and catastrophic explosions.

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    1. Round 1 · 1941 AD

      Casual

      Mount Rushmore Nearing Completion

      After fourteen years of drilling and dynamiting, the monumental sculpture of four presidents was declared complete, leaving the colossal granite faces to stare out over the Black Hills.

    2. Round 2 · 1853 AD

      Casual

      Perry's Black Ships in Edo Bay

      The arrival of Commodore Perry's heavily armed American naval squadron forced Japan out of its centuries-long isolationist policy, triggering a massive wave of societal upheaval and rapid modernization across the nation.

    3. Round 3 · 73 AD

      Tricky

      Siege of Masada and the Roman Ramp

      Roman legions spent months moving thousands of tons of earth and stone to build a massive siege ramp up a sheer cliff, reaching Jewish rebels holding out in a mountaintop fortress.

    4. Round 4 · 1942 AD

      Tricky

      First V-2 Rocket Launch

      German engineers successfully launched the towering rocket to the very fringes of space, laying the groundbreaking technological foundations for both modern space exploration and devastating ballistic missiles.

    5. Round 5 · 1327 AD

      Expert

      Construction of the Djinguereber Mosque

      Following his legendary pilgrimage to Mecca, Emperor Mansa Musa commissioned an Andalusian architect to build this immense earthen mosque using local mud, straw, and projecting wooden beams.

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