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Uncommon card · History
Early modern warfare, an Uncommon card
Early modern warfare is the era of warfare during early modern period following medieval warfare.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 43,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Early modern warfare quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Early modern warfare card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Fortification techniques evolved rapidly due to the development of ______.
Answer
artillery. Fortification techniques evolved rapidly due to the development of artillery. From the Early modern warfare article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Yohannes IV. Yohannes IV 80,000 · Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard 63,000 · Early modern warfare 43,000 · Pridi Banomyong 34,000 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.
- It is associated with the start of the widespread use of gunpowder and the development of suitable weapons to use the explosive, including artillery and firearms, for this reason the era is also referred to as the age of gunpowder warfare.
- Fortification techniques evolved rapidly due to the development of artillery.
- Firearms revolutionized warfare, diminishing the role of aristocracies and heavy cavalry.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Early modern warfare article was read about 43,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Early modern warfare
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Early modern warfare (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles-Philippe Larivière, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
