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History of West Africa, an Uncommon card
The history of West Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the Iron Age in Africa, the period of major polities flourishing, the colonial period, and finally the post-independence era, in which the current nations were formed.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 95
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 26,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
History of West Africa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of West Africa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
West African populations were considerably mobile and interacted with one another throughout the ______ history of West Africa.
Answer
population. West African populations were considerably mobile and interacted with one another throughout the population history of West Africa. From the History of West Africa article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
History of West Africa. History of West Africa 26,000 · Joe Kernan 19,000 · Pedro Américo 12,000 · 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis 3,800 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.
- West Africa is west of an imagined north–south axis lying close to 10° east longitude, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Sahara Desert.
- Colonial boundaries are reflected in the modern boundaries between contemporary West African states, cutting across ethnic and cultural lines, often dividing single ethnic groups between two or more states.
- West African populations were considerably mobile and interacted with one another throughout the population history of West Africa.
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 West Africa article was read about 26,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 95 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get History of West Africa
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of West Africa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. E Pluribus Anthony~commonswiki assumed (based on copy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
