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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make").

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related to Indian subcontinent · 39
Fortification → Afghanistan, Ahichchhatra, Bangladesh, BC, British Raj, By, Even, Evidence, Fort, Forts, Gangetic, Harrapa, India, Indian, Indus, Indus Valley Civilization, Kalibangan, Kaushambi, Kot Diji, Kotada Bhadli
related to Bibliography · 38
Fortification → An Economic, Atlantic Africa, Benin Kingdom, Charles Scribner, Collins, Fass, Fortifications, Gordon Martel, Great War, Hamburg University, India, ISBN, John Kelly, July, Murray, Nebraska Press, Nicholas, Osadolor, Osarhieme Benson, Potomac Books Inc
related to China · 28
Fortification → AD, Although, Ao, BC, Beijing, China, Chinese, Forbidden City, Great Wall, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, In, Large, Ming, Nanking, Notable Chinese, Old City, Qin, Shang, Shanghai
related to Medieval Europe · 28
Fortification → Bosnia, Carolingian Empire, Croatia, Cyprus, Dubrovnik, During, Europe, From, Garda, Italy, Jajce, Lombardy, Manerba, Nicosia, Ostsiedlung, Ottomans, Palmanova, Počitelj, Renaissance, Rocca
related to Early uses · 24
Fortification → Amnya Fort, BC, Brodgar, Europe, From, Great Wall, Greece, In Bulgaria, Many, Mesopotamia, Named, Ness, Nile Valley, Provadia, Scotland, Sesklo, Siberia, Solnitsata, Stone Age, Sumer
related to Bronze Age Europe · 23
Fortification → Around, Athens, BC, Borġ, Celts, Exceptions, Germany, Greece, Heuneburg, In, In Bronze Age Malta, In Central Europe, Initially, Long Walls, Mediterranean, Mycenae, Mycenaean Greece, Nadur, Piraeus, Rome
related to Africa · 17
Fortification → Africa, Archeology, Benin, Bronze Age, CE, Congo, Guinness Book, Inner, Kerma, Nubia, Records, Strong, Sudan, The, This, Yoruba, Yorubaland
related to Bronze and Iron Age Near East · 17
Fortification → BC, Casemate, Hittites, However, Iron Age, Iron Age II, Israel, MB, Middle Bronze Age, Near East, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Originally, Southern Levant, Taanach, The, These, Ti'inik
related to 19th century · 10
Fortification → During, Europe, From, Gone, Koblenz, Köln, Prussian, Star, The, Therefore
related to 20th and 21st centuries · 9
Fortification → Despite, Fort Campbell, However, In, Malta, Many, Steel-and-concrete, The, World War

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Kalibangan exhibit mudbrick fortifications with bastionsinstance ofsites0.80text
Lothal has a quadrangular fortified layoutinstance ofsites0.80text
Počiteljinstance ofand only rarely fortified entire settlements0.80text
Vratnikinstance ofand only rarely fortified entire settlements0.80text
and Jajce in Bosnia.Development after introduction of firearmsMedieval-style fortifications were largely made obsolete by the arrival of cannons on the 14th century battlefieldinstance ofand only rarely fortified entire settlements0.80text
Sarzanello in North West Italy which was built between 1492instance ofso were sunk into ditches fronted by earth slopes.This placed a heavy emphasis on the geometry of the fortification to allow defensive cannonry interlocking fields of fire to co…0.80text
1502instance ofso were sunk into ditches fronted by earth slopes.This placed a heavy emphasis on the geometry of the fortification to allow defensive cannonry interlocking fields of fire to co…0.80text
accommodationinstance ofSoft locations with high personnel densities0.80text
messing facilities can have limited protection by placing prefabricated concrete walls or barriers around theminstance ofSoft locations with high personnel densities0.80text
examples of barriers are Jersey barriersinstance ofSoft locations with high personnel densities0.80text
T Barriersinstance ofSoft locations with high personnel densities0.80text
or Splinter Protection Unitsinstance ofSoft locations with high personnel densities0.80text

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