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Al-Khwarizmi, a Rare card
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, or simply al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician active during the Islamic Golden Age, who produced Arabic-language works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 360,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Al-Khwarizmi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Al-Khwarizmi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Few ______ details are known about al-Khwarizmi's life.
Answer
biographical. Few biographical details are known about al-Khwarizmi's life. From the Al-Khwarizmi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Havana. Havana 91 · Cell culture 87 · Al-Khwarizmi 82 · Ignaz Semmelweis 79 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Al-Khwarizmi. Al-Khwarizmi 360,000 · Imperial units 280,000 · Miss Universe Philippines 2024 45,000 · Cell culture 30,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Around 820, he worked at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, the contemporary capital city of the Abbasid Caliphate.
- One of the most prominent scholars of the period, his works were widely influential on later authors, both in the Islamic world and Europe.
- Few biographical details are known about al-Khwarizmi's life.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Al-Khwarizmi article was read about 360,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Al-Khwarizmi
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Al-Khwarizmi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Zarateman, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
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