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History of Ghana, an Uncommon card
The area of the Republic of Ghana became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 93
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 191
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 54,000
Power 191 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
History of Ghana quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of Ghana card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 conquest by the ______ General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar.
Answer
Almoravid. The empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 conquest by the Almoravid General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar. From the History of Ghana article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Indo-Greek Kingdom. Indo-Greek Kingdom 180,000 · Mahendra of Nepal 110,000 · History of Ghana 54,000 · Nicolae Iorga 33,000 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.
- Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal River and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal, Mauritania and Mali.
- The empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 conquest by the Almoravid General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar.
- A reduced kingdom continued to exist after Almoravid rule ended, and the kingdom was later incorporated into subsequent Sahelian empires, such as the Mali Empire.
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 Ghana article was read about 54,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 93 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get History of Ghana
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of Ghana (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Vispelias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
