Dossier №236

2,010 AD

Protests erupt in Tunisia after street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire.

This question uses 2010 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The uprising removed President Ben Ali and inspired a wave of revolts and reforms across the Arab world.

1,769 AD

James Watt patents a separate condenser that greatly improves steam-engine efficiency.

A focused engineering improvement helped power industrial expansion.

Watt did not invent the steam engine, but his separate condenser reduced wasted heat in existing designs. Later improvements and partnerships made steam power practical for mines, factories, and eventually transportation.

1,853 AD

Conflict between Russia and the Ottoman Empire expands into the Crimean War.

This question uses 1853 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

British and French intervention produced a costly siege war remembered for military mismanagement, nursing reform, and early war photography.

1,595 BC

A Hittite army raids and sacks Babylon at the end of its first dynasty.

This question uses 1595 BC as its sourced chronological anchor.

The game uses the conventional Middle Chronology; other accepted chronologies place the same sack in a different year.

270 AD

The kingdom of Aksum begins minting its own inscribed gold, silver, and bronze coinage.

This question uses 270 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The coins advertised rulers and facilitated Red Sea commerce connecting northeast Africa, Arabia, and the Roman world.