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Germanic peoples, a Rare card
The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who lived in Northern Europe during Classical antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 92
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 192
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 480,000
Ranked #108 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Germanic peoples quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Germanic peoples card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Another term, ancient Germans, is considered ______ by many scholars because it suggests identity with present-day Germans.
Answer
problematic. Another term, ancient Germans, is considered problematic by many scholars because it suggests identity with present-day Germans. From the Germanic peoples article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Shiva. Shiva 1,200,000 · Twenty One Pilots 930,000 · Germanic peoples 480,000 · Carnegie Hall 180,000 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.
- In modern scholarship, they typically include the Roman-era Germani who lived in both Germania and parts of the Roman Empire, and all Germanic speaking peoples from this era, irrespective of where they lived, most notably the Goths.
- Another term, ancient Germans, is considered problematic by many scholars because it suggests identity with present-day Germans.
- Although the first Roman descriptions of Germani involved tribes west of the Rhine river, their homeland of Germania was portrayed as stretching east of the Rhine, to southern Scandinavia and the Vistula in the east, and to the upper Danube in the south.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Germanic peoples article was read about 480,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 92 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Germanic peoples (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bullenwächter, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
