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Uncommon card · History
History of Athens, an Uncommon card
Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for perhaps 5,000 years.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 82,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
History of Athens quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of Athens card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Acropolis served as a ______ center during the Mycenaean era.
Answer
fortified. The Acropolis served as a fortified center during the Mycenaean era. From the History of Athens article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Colonial Brazil. Colonial Brazil 86 · History of Athens 83 · Stealth technology 79 · List of largest monoliths 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Duchy of Brittany. Duchy of Brittany 110,000 · History of Athens 82,000 · Railway coupling 64,000 · Bai Chongxi 47,000 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.
- Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of Western civilization.
- The earliest evidence for human habitation in Athens dates back to the Neolithic period.
- The Acropolis served as a fortified center during the Mycenaean era.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of Athens article was read about 82,000 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 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get History of Athens
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of Athens (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Leo von Klenze, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
