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Battering ram

A battering ram is a siege engine that originated in ancient times and was designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates. In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle; the ram would be sufficient to damage the target if…

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Battering ram

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples37
Avg. degree1.96
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Battering ram

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related to Design · 14
Battering ram → Carthaginian, Ceras, De, During, Dynasty Egyptian, Frequently, Iron Age, Khety, Latin, Mediterranean, Middle East, The, This, Vitruvius
related to Notable sieges · 7
Battering ram → Battering, Constantinople, Historical, Jerusalem, RomansThe CrusadesThe Sack, Rome, The
related to External links · 6
Battering ram → Battering, Media, The New Student's Reference, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, Work
related to Modern use · 3
Battering ram → Battering, Modern, Police
see also · 3
Battering ram → Aerial, In, List
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Battering ram → siege engine that originated in ancient times and was designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates

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ram battering rams siege log would used walls force use bc wall made open canopy iron frame could first wooden

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Battering ramis asiege engine that originated in ancient times and was designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates0.90text
stoneinstance ofthe log was swung from suspensory chains or ropes.Rams proved effective weapons of war because at the time wall-building materials0.80text
brick were weak in tensioninstance ofthe log was swung from suspensory chains or ropes.Rams proved effective weapons of war because at the time wall-building materials0.80text
and therefore prone to cracking when impacted with forceinstance ofthe log was swung from suspensory chains or ropes.Rams proved effective weapons of war because at the time wall-building materials0.80text
Battering ramrelated to DesignThe0.60section
Battering ramrelated to DesignDynasty Egyptian0.60section
Battering ramrelated to DesignKhety0.60section
Battering ramrelated to DesignDuring0.60section
Battering ramrelated to DesignIron Age0.60section
Battering ramrelated to DesignMiddle East0.60section
Battering ramrelated to DesignMediterranean0.60section
Battering ramrelated to DesignFrequently0.60section

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