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Uncommon card · History
Geography, an Uncommon card
The Geography, also known by its Latin names as the Geographia and the Cosmographia, is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, compiling the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 54,000
Ranked #1,413 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Geography quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Geography card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lê dynasty. Lê dynasty 90 · Gaelic Ireland 87 · Geography 81 · Ali al-Rida 78 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Whaling. Whaling 150,000 · Alp Arslan 120,000 · Geography 54,000 · Exchequer 42,000 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.
- Originally written by Claudius Ptolemy in Greek in Alexandria around 150 AD, the work was a revision of a now-lost atlas by Marinus of Tyre using additional Roman and Persian gazetteers and new principles.
- Its translation into Arabic by al-Khwarismi in the 9th century was highly influential on the geographical knowledge and cartographic traditions of the Islamic world.
- Alongside the works of Islamic scholars, and the commentary containing revised and more accurate data by Alfraganus, Ptolemy's work was subsequently highly influential on Medieval and Renaissance Europe.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Geography article was read about 54,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Geography
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, Geography (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ptolemy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
