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Kurkh Monoliths, an Uncommon card
The Kurkh Monoliths are two Assyrian stelae of c. 852 BC and 879 BC that contain a description of the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II and his son Shalmaneser III.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Kurkh Monoliths quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kurkh Monoliths card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Both stelae were donated by Taylor to the ______ Museum in 1863.
Answer
British. Both stelae were donated by Taylor to the British Museum in 1863. From the Kurkh Monoliths article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of plantations in Alabama. List of plantations in Alabama 76 · Kurkh Monoliths 71 · Tự Đức 67 · Bryn Celli Ddu 62 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.
- The Monoliths were discovered in 1861 by a British archaeologist John George Taylor, who was the British Consul-General stationed in the Ottoman Eyalet of Kurdistan, at a site called Kurkh, which is now known as Üçtepe Höyük, in the district of Bismil, in the province of Diyarbakir of Turkey.
- Both stelae were donated by Taylor to the British Museum in 1863.
- The Shalmaneser III monolith contains a description of the Battle of Qarqar at the end.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kurkh Monoliths article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Kurkh Monoliths
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kurkh Monoliths (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Yuber, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
