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History of weapons, an Uncommon card
Major innovations in the history of weapons have included the adoption of different materials – from stone and wood to different metals, and modern synthetic materials such as plastics – and the developments of different weapon styles either to fit the terrain or to support or counteract different battlefield tactics…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
History of weapons quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of weapons card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As technology has developed ______ history, weapons have changed with it.
Answer
throughout. As technology has developed throughout history, weapons have changed with it. From the History of weapons article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Jordan. History of Jordan 87 · History of weapons 81 · Federally recognized tribe 78 · Gunpowder artillery in the Middle Ages 72 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.
- People have used weapons in warfare, hunting, self-defense, law enforcement, and criminal activity.
- Weapons also serve many other purposes in society including use in sports, collections for display, and historical displays and demonstrations.
- As technology has developed throughout history, weapons have changed with it.
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 weapons article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get History of weapons
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of weapons (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : T. Enami, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
