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History of Bengal, an Uncommon card
The history of Bengal is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 42,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
History of Bengal quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of Bengal card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some historians have ______ Gangaridai with other parts of India.
Answer
identified. Some historians have identified Gangaridai with other parts of India. From the History of Bengal article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 recession. COVID-19 recession 97 · History of Bengal 85 · Isaac Brock 80 · Aimery of Cyprus 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Isaac Brock. Isaac Brock 94,000 · History of Bengal 42,000 · Aimery of Cyprus 23,000 · Simone Tebet 12,000 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.
- It includes modern-day Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, and Assam's Karimganj district, located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, at the apex of the Bay of Bengal and dominated by the fertile Ganges delta.
- The region was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as Gangaridai, a powerful kingdom whose war elephant forces led the withdrawal of Alexander the Great from India.
- Some historians have identified Gangaridai with other parts of India.
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 Bengal article was read about 42,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get History of Bengal
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, History of Bengal (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : W. H. Allen and Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
