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History of banking, an Uncommon card
The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
History of banking quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of banking card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This was around 2000 BCE in ______, India and Sumer.
Answer
Assyria. This was around 2000 BCE in Assyria, India and Sumer. From the History of banking article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of banking. History of banking 89 · Alexander Dubček 85 · Michel Temer 81 · Fall of man 77 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- This was around 2000 BCE in Assyria, India and Sumer.
- Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples gave loans, while accepting deposits and performing the change of money.
- Archaeological findings from this period in ancient China and India also include evidence of money lending.
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 banking article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get History of banking
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of banking (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Iain Hector, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
