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Cyrenaica, an Uncommon card
Cyrenaica or Kyrenaika, is the eastern region of Libya.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Cyrenaica quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cyrenaica card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
During the ______ period, the area came to be known as Barqa, after the city of Barca.
Answer
Islamic. During the Islamic period, the area came to be known as Barqa, after the city of Barca. From the Cyrenaica article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Battle of Saragarhi. Battle of Saragarhi 220,000 · Cyrenaica 130,000 · Roy Acuff 92,000 · Battle of Saint-Mihiel 65,000 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.
- Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between the 16th and 25th meridians east, including the Kufra District.
- The coastal region, also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, was part of the Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica, later divided into Libya Pentapolis and Libya Sicca.
- During the Islamic period, the area came to be known as Barqa, after the city of Barca.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cyrenaica article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Cyrenaica
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cyrenaica (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : United_States_of_North_Africa_Locator.png : Own work Ottoman_Provinces_Of_Present_day_Liby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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