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Barbican

A barbican (from Old French: barbacane) is a fortified outpost or fortified gateway, such as at an outer defense perimeter of a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes.

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Europe

Defensive wallsChoke pointSiegeArtilleryGatehouses
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East Asia

East AsiaJar walls
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Arab world

Paul Deschamps
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South Asia

War elephants
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Barbican

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples56
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

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related to External links · 31
Barbican → Absolute ToursBarbican, Ancient Fortresses, April, Archived, Barbican Estate, Barbicans, Castle Architecture, Castles, City, City’s Medieval Defences Archived, DreamSiteParts, Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia BritannicaCastle Barbican, Fortified Outpost Of Old, Gates, Houses, July, Location TexturesBarbican, London, Man
related to Europe · 8
Barbican → Barbicans, English, Fortified, French, In, Medieval Europeans, Portuguese, The
related to East Asia · 6
Barbican → Chinese, East Asia, English, Fortifications, In, Literally
related to Arab world · 5
Barbican → Arabic, English, Paul Deschamps, Persian, The
see also · 4
Barbican → DroghedaWall, Gate, GatehouseKraków BarbicanWarsaw BarbicanSaint Laurence, Vilnius
related to South Asia · 2
Barbican → Barbicans, South Asian

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barbicans gate city castle defensive also main fortified tower used medieval walls english gates fortifications 2019 old french outpost outer

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Barbicanrelated to Arab worldThe0.60section
Barbicanrelated to Arab worldEnglish0.60section
Barbicanrelated to Arab worldPersian0.60section
Barbicanrelated to Arab worldArabic0.60section
Barbicanrelated to Arab worldPaul Deschamps0.60section
Barbicanrelated to East AsiaFortifications0.60section
Barbicanrelated to East AsiaEast Asia0.60section
Barbicanrelated to East AsiaIn0.60section
Barbicanrelated to East AsiaChinese0.60section
Barbicanrelated to East AsiaLiterally0.60section
Barbicanrelated to East AsiaEnglish0.60section
Barbicanrelated to EuropeMedieval Europeans0.60section

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