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Anania Shirakatsi, a Common card
Anania Shirakatsi was a 7th-century Armenian polymath and natural philosopher, author of extant works covering mathematics, astronomy, geography, chronology, and other fields.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,800
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Anania Shirakatsi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Anania Shirakatsi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Franciscus Patricius. Franciscus Patricius 92 · Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 89 · Auriga 85 · Anania Shirakatsi 82 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Mark Zuckerberg. Mark Zuckerberg 2,200,000 · Auriga 47,000 · Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 19,000 · Anania Shirakatsi 6,800 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.
- Little is known for certain of his life outside of his own writings, but he is considered the father of the exact and natural sciences in Armenia, the first Armenian mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer.
- A part of the Armenian Hellenizing School and one of the few secular scholars in medieval Armenia, Anania was educated primarily by Tychicus, in Trebizond.
- He composed science textbooks and the first known geographic work in classical Armenian, which provides detailed information about Greater Armenia, Persia and the Caucasus.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Anania Shirakatsi article was read about 6,800 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 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Anania Shirakatsi
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- Franciscus PatriciusCommon · Science · ATK 92 DEF 90
- Leevi MadetojaCommon · Arts · ATK 82 DEF 100
- Chesham branchCommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 100
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Anania Shirakatsi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marcin Konsek, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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