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Sikh Empire, a Rare card
The Sikh Empire was a regional power based in the Punjab region of South Asia.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 260,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Sikh Empire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sikh Empire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Religiously diverse, with an estimated population of 12 million in ____, it was the last major region of the Indian subcontinent to be conquered by the British Empire.
Answer
1800s. Religiously diverse, with an estimated population of 12 million in 1800, it was the last major region of the Indian subcontinent to be conquered by the British Empire. From the Sikh Empire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sikh Empire. Sikh Empire 260,000 · Corset 190,000 · John James Audubon 140,000 · Adal Sultanate 100,000 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.
- It existed from 1799, when maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and annexed by the British East India Company following the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
- At its peak in the mid-19th century, the empire extended from Gilgit and Tibet in the north to the deserts of Sindh in the south and from the Khyber Pass in the west to the Sutlej in the east, and was divided into 8 provinces.
- Religiously diverse, with an estimated population of 12 million in 1800, it was the last major region of the Indian subcontinent to be conquered by the British Empire.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sikh Empire article was read about 260,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Sikh Empire
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sikh Empire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : AfghanTsakhtan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
