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Histories, an Uncommon card
The Histories of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Ranked #1,226 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Histories quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Histories card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It established the genre and study of ______ in the Western world.
Answer
history. It established the genre and study of history in the Western world. From the Histories article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Weapon of mass destruction. Weapon of mass destruction 86 · Histories 83 · The Autobiography of Malcolm X 80 · Jan van Eyck 77 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Jan van Eyck. Jan van Eyck 230,000 · J. M. Coetzee 180,000 · Histories 140,000 · Jane Jacobs 110,000 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.
- Although it is not an impartial record, it remains one of the West's most important sources.
- It established the genre and study of history in the Western world.
- The Histories is one of the earliest accounts of the rise of the Persian Empire, as well as the events and causes of the Greco-Persian Wars between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Histories article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Histories
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Histories (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
