210 BC – 1911 ADFrom the soaring steel cables of San Francisco to the subterranean clay warriors of ancient China, today's challenge spans millennia of landmark constructions, cultural awakenings, and legendary arrivals across five continents.
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Round 1 · 1911 AD
CasualHiram Bingham Reaches Machu Picchu
Guided by a local farmer, the American explorer and Yale historian encounters the breathtaking, vine-covered ruins of the fifteenth-century Inca citadel, hidden high in the cloud forests of the Andes mountains.
Round 2 · 210 BC
TrickyTerracotta Army Buried with the Emperor
Thousands of life-sized, individually sculpted clay soldiers, horses, and chariots are carefully positioned in sprawling subterranean pits to protect Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor, as he enters the afterlife.
Round 3 · 1788 AD
TrickyFirst Fleet Arrives at Sydney Cove
Eleven British ships drop anchor in a pristine harbor, unloading Royal Marines and convicts to establish a penal colony that will become the first permanent European settlement on the Australian continent.
Round 4 · 1869 AD
TrickyInauguration of the Vienna State Opera
Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth attend the grand opening of the magnificent neo-Renaissance opera house on the newly constructed Ringstrasse, inaugurating a glittering golden age of Austrian culture and architecture.
Round 5 · 1570 AD
ExpertOrtelius Publishes the First Modern Atlas
In a bustling Flemish print shop, Abraham Ortelius inspects the first bound copies of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, gathering the world's cartographic knowledge into a single, standardized book for the very first time.
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