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Battle of Diu, an Uncommon card
The Battle of Diu was a naval battle fought on 3 February 1509 in the Arabian Sea, in the port of Diu, India, between the Portuguese Empire and a joint fleet of the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt and the Zamorin of Calicut.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The Portuguese victory was critical: the great Muslim alliance was soundly defeated, easing the Portuguese strategy of controlling the Indian Ocean to route trade down the Cape of Good Hope, circumventing the historical spice trade controlled by the Arabs and the Venetians through the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.
- After the battle, the Portugal rapidly captured several key ports in the Indian Ocean including Goa, Malacca, and Ormuz.
- The territorial losses crippled the Mamluk Sultanate and the Gujarat Sultanate.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battle of Diu article was read about 41,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Battle of Diu
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of Diu (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Maurício José do Carmo Sendim (1786-1870), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
