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Minoan eruption, an Uncommon card
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera circa 1600 BC.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Minoan eruption quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Minoan eruption card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera circa ____ BC.
Answer
1600s. The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera circa 1600 BC. From the Minoan eruption article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kyoto Protocol. Kyoto Protocol 91 · Natural selection 88 · Minoan eruption 82 · Giant otter 79 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with subsequent earthquakes and tsunamis.
- With a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7, it resulted in the ejection of approximately 28–41 km3 of dense-rock equivalent, the eruption was one of the largest volcanic events in human history.
- Because tephra from the Minoan eruption serves as a marker horizon in nearly all archaeological sites in the Eastern Mediterranean, its precise date is of high importance and has been fiercely debated among archaeologists and volcanologists for decades, without coming to a definite conclusion.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Minoan eruption article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Minoan eruption (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
