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Shang dynasty, a Rare card
The Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty, was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the 2nd millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 370,000
Ranked #1,141 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Shang dynasty quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Shang dynasty card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The classic account of the Shang comes from texts such as the Book of ______, Bamboo Annals and Shiji.
Answer
Documents. The classic account of the Shang comes from texts such as the Book of Documents, Bamboo Annals and Shiji. From the Shang dynasty article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Algerian War. Algerian War 93 · Toulouse 87 · John Calvin 84 · Shang dynasty 79 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 classic account of the Shang comes from texts such as the Book of Documents, Bamboo Annals and Shiji.
- Modern scholarship dates the dynasty between the 16th and 11th centuries BC, with more agreement surrounding the end date than beginning date.
- The Shang dynasty is the earliest dynasty within traditional Chinese history that is firmly supported by archaeological evidence.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Shang dynasty article was read about 370,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Shang dynasty
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Shang dynasty (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lamassu Design Gurdjieff ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
