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Uncommon card · History
Dilmun, an Uncommon card
Dilmun, or Telmun, was an ancient East Semitic–speaking civilization in Eastern Arabia mentioned from the 3rd millennium BC onwards, covering the transition from Prehistoric Arabia into the historic period.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Dilmun quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dilmun card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Dilmun ______ Bahrain, Kuwait, and eastern Saudi Arabia.
Answer
encompassed. Dilmun encompassed Bahrain, Kuwait, and eastern Saudi Arabia. From the Dilmun article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Guelphs and Ghibellines. Guelphs and Ghibellines 190,000 · Battle of Sedan 150,000 · Dilmun 120,000 · Angioplasty 92,000 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.
- Based on contextual evidence, it was located in the Persian Gulf, on a trade route between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley Civilisation, close to the sea and to artesian springs.
- Dilmun encompassed Bahrain, Kuwait, and eastern Saudi Arabia.
- The great commercial and trading connections between Mesopotamia and Dilmun were strong and profound to the point where Dilmun was a central figure to the Sumerian creation myth.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dilmun article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Dilmun
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, Dilmun (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Middle_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur ( talk ) derivative work: Zunkir ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
