Round 1
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Terra Tempus Daily #52 — July 22, 2026
These are the 5 rounds every player got on July 22, 2026, with the answers and the history behind them. This day is finished, so nothing here spoils a puzzle you can still play — today’s Daily Challenge is a different five events.
Not enough completed runs on this day to report an average without singling out an individual player’s score — we publish one from 5 finishers up.
Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
Battle of the Camel
Battle of the Camel · 656 · Medieval
Why there: The clash unfolded near Basra, a strategic garrison town and river port at the head of the Persian Gulf, whose control meant command of Iraq's wealth, troops, and trade routes that both factions needed to dominate the young caliphate.
Why then: The assassination of the caliph Uthman in 656 left the Muslim community without an undisputed leader, and unresolved disputes over legitimacy, justice for his killers, and who should succeed pushed the still-young, rapidly expanded state into its first civil war.
- This battle was fought in 656 CE near a southern river port during the First Fitna, the first Muslim civil war.
- Aisha, widow of Muhammad, observed the battle from a litter mounted on a camel; the fighting around it gave the battle its name (the Battle of the Camel).
- The forces of Ali ibn Abi Talib defeated the opposing coalition, but the strife deepened early divisions within the Muslim community.
Round 5
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Battle of the Milvian Bridge · 312 · Antiquity
Why there: The Milvian Bridge carried the Via Flaminia across the Tiber into Rome, so whoever held that crossing controlled the approach to the imperial capital, forcing Maxentius to defend it and trapping his routed army against the water.
Why then: Diocletian's Tetrarchy had fractured into rival claimants by the early 4th century, and Constantine's bid to unify the empire coincided with Christianity's spread from a persecuted sect to a force he could co-opt for legitimacy.
- At the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312 CE), Constantine defeated Maxentius for control of Rome.
- Constantine reportedly saw a Christian symbol and the words 'In this sign, conquer' before the battle.
- Maxentius drowned in the Tiber; Constantine's victory set Christianity on the path to becoming Rome's dominant religion.
Every Daily Challenge is five real events, one from each of five different eras, identical for every player, scored up to 10,000 points a round on how close you land in space and in time. Read how to play, see where the events come from, or play today’s.