About the History water

History in Noillirk is not dates — it is depth of field. The Plankton answers are the two World Wars and the Roman Empire. The deep answers are the treaty nobody signed, the republic that lasted a year, the explorer who arrived second. The bank rewards people who read past the chapter headings.

The mirror angle

History is written by the winners; the mirror shows the other archive. Ask who lost, who was second, what it was called before — the reversed questions produce the rare answers.

Example ladders

Three real shapes from this pack's bank — the crowd's answer, and the answer that leaves the crowd at the surface:

History tips

• Short-lived states and merged kingdoms are Deep Cut staples.
• Second voyages, second inventions, second capitals — the mirror loves a runner-up.
• Ancient means older than Rome, too: Akkad, Elam and Caral are down there waiting.

Every history prompt in the bank

37 prompts — each with its own rarity ladder published:

• Name an ancient civilization — gem: Kingdom of Kush
• Name a Roman emperor — gem: Diocletian
• Name a famous explorer — gem: Ibn Battuta
• Name a famous battle — gem: Battle of Cannae
• Name an Egyptian pharaoh — gem: Hatshepsut
• Name a US president — gem: Millard Fillmore
• Name a famous queen — gem: Hatshepsut
• Name a medieval weapon — gem: Halberd
• Name a wonder of the world — gem: Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
• Name a famous shipwreck — gem: Vasa
• Name a revolutionary leader — gem: Toussaint Louverture
• Name an ancient Greek philosopher — gem: Zeno of Citium
• Name a famous pirate — gem: Ching Shih
• Name a dynasty of China — gem: Sui Dynasty
• Name a famous general — gem: Hannibal Barca
• Name an ancient writing system — gem: Ogham
• Name a famous treaty — gem: Treaty of Tordesillas
• Name a famous castle — gem: Himeji Castle
• Name a 20th-century war — gem: Spanish Civil War
• Name a famous spy — gem: Virginia Hall
• Name an ancient city — gem: Persepolis
• Name a colonial power — gem: Portugal
• Name a civil rights leader — gem: Sojourner Truth
• Name an ancient empire — gem: Akkadian Empire
• Name a Viking explorer — gem: Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir
• Name a historic trade route — gem: Amber Road
• Name a famous ancient library — gem: Library of Pergamum
• Name a historical pandemic — gem: Antonine Plague
• Name a Renaissance artist — gem: Giotto
• Name a famous abolitionist — gem: William Lloyd Garrison
• Name a famous speech in history — gem: Pericles' Funeral Oration
• Name a type of gladiator — gem: Dimachaerus
• Name a famous map — gem: Tabula Peutingeriana
• Name a historic Olympic host city — gem: Cortina d'Ampezzo
• Name a famous ancient temple — gem: Temple of Karnak
• Name a famous empress — gem: Wu Zetian
• Name a famous knight — gem: William Marshal