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Legendary card · History
Constantinople, a Legendary card
Constantinople, the modern Istanbul, was the capital of the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire from 330 until its takeover by the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,200,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Constantinople quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Constantinople card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
After this, it continued to function as the Ottoman capital until the ______ of the Ottoman sultanate in 1922.
Answer
abolition. After this, it continued to function as the Ottoman capital until the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate in 1922. From the Constantinople article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Constantinople, the modern Istanbul, was the capital of the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire from 330 until its takeover by the Ottoman Empire in ____.
Answer
1450s. Constantinople, the modern Istanbul, was the capital of the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire from 330 until its takeover by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. From the Constantinople article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom. List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom 90 · Constantinople 85 · Zack Polanski 82 · 2028 United States presidential election 79 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- After this, it continued to function as the Ottoman capital until the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate in 1922.
- It was located at the core of the modern city of Istanbul, on a peninsula at the southeastern tip of Thrace in Europe, with the Bosporus strait and the ancient cities of Chalcedon and Chrysopolis in Bithynia, Anatolia to the east, the Golden Horn and the citadel of Galata to the north, the Sea of Marmara to the south, and the Princes' Islands to the southeast.
- Constantinople was founded on the site of the existing city of Byzantium in 324, during the reign of Constantine the Great, initially as Nova Roma.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Constantinople article was read about 1,200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Constantinople
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Constantinople (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Cplakidas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
