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Muqaddimah, an Uncommon card
The Muqaddimah is a 14th-century Arabic treatise on historiography, sociology, and the philosophy of history written by Ibn Khaldun.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 74,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Muqaddimah quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Muqaddimah card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some modern thinkers view it as the first work dealing with the social sciences of ______, demography, and cultural history.
Answer
sociology. Some modern thinkers view it as the first work dealing with the social sciences of sociology, demography, and cultural history. From the Muqaddimah article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ibn Khaldun wrote the work in ____ as the introduction and the first book of his planned work of world history, the Kitab al-ʿIbar, but already in his lifetime it became regarded as an independent work on its own.
Answer
1370s. Ibn Khaldun wrote the work in 1377 as the introduction and the first book of his planned work of world history, the Kitab al-ʿIbar, but already in his lifetime it became regarded as an independent work on its own. From the Muqaddimah article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Epistle to the Romans. Epistle to the Romans 150,000 · Furniture 100,000 · Muqaddimah 74,000 · Piano Sonata No. 2 49,000 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.
- Some modern thinkers view it as the first work dealing with the social sciences of sociology, demography, and cultural history.
- The Muqaddimah also deals with Islamic theology, historiography, the philosophy of history, economics, political theory, and ecology.
- Ibn Khaldun wrote the work in 1377 as the introduction and the first book of his planned work of world history, the Kitab al-ʿIbar, but already in his lifetime it became regarded as an independent work on its own.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Muqaddimah article was read about 74,000 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 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Muqaddimah
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Muqaddimah (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Riad Salih, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
