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Sursock family, an Uncommon card
The Sursock family is a Greek Orthodox Christian family from Lebanon, and was once an important family of Beirut.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Sursock family quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sursock family card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
After the ______ of the 19th century, they began to establish positions of power within the Ottoman Empire.
Answer
beginning. After the beginning of the 19th century, they began to establish positions of power within the Ottoman Empire. From the Sursock family article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Having originated in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire, the family has lived in Beirut since ____, when their forefather Jabbour Aoun left the village of Berbara.
Answer
1710s. Having originated in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire, the family has lived in Beirut since 1712, when their forefather Jabbour Aoun left the village of Berbara. From the Sursock family article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2022 Green Bay Packers season. 2022 Green Bay Packers season 86 · Tourism in Greece 79 · Transfer of merit 76 · Sursock family 73 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.
- Having originated in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire, the family has lived in Beirut since 1712, when their forefather Jabbour Aoun left the village of Berbara.
- After the beginning of the 19th century, they began to establish positions of power within the Ottoman Empire.
- The family, through lucrative business ventures, political maneuvering, and strategic marriages, embarked on what Leila Fawaz called "the most spectacular social climb of the nineteenth century", and, at their peak, had a network of relations to the families of Egyptian, French, Irish, Russian, Italian and German aristocracies, alongside a manufacturing and distribution empire across the…
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sursock family article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Sursock family
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sursock family (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Daoud Corm (1852-1930), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
