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Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo, a Common card
Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo was a seventeenth-century German adventurer, who wrote about his travels through Iran and India.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 38
- DEF
- 10
- Power
- 48
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,300
Power 48 (ATK + DEF).
Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born at Schönberg in ______, Germany.
Answer
Mecklenburg. Born at Schönberg in Mecklenburg, Germany. From the Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Mandelslo visited the ruins at Persepolis in Persia, his name and the year can be found inscribed in the Gate of All Nations at the entrance to the site.
Answer
1630s. In 1638, Mandelslo visited the ruins at Persepolis in Persia, his name and the year can be found inscribed in the Gate of All Nations at the entrance to the site. From the Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Legio XVII. Legio XVII 12,000 · Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz 8,700 · Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo 2,300 · Allen Edwin Thompson 130 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.
- Born at Schönberg in Mecklenburg, Germany.
- After traveling to Isfahan with a diplomatic mission, he separated from the party and made his way to India, where he made interesting observations on the Mughal Empire, then ruled by Shah Jahan.
- In 1638, Mandelslo visited the ruins at Persepolis in Persia, his name and the year can be found inscribed in the Gate of All Nations at the entrance to the site.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo article was read about 2,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 38 and blocks with 10: each hit it takes is cut by 4 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rodtgiser [Rothgiesser,] Chr[istian] <Stecher>, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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