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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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| Kalibangan exhibit mudbrick fortifications with bastions | instance of | sites | 0.80 | text |
| Lothal has a quadrangular fortified layout | instance of | sites | 0.80 | text |
| Počitelj | instance of | and only rarely fortified entire settlements | 0.80 | text |
| Vratnik | instance of | and only rarely fortified entire settlements | 0.80 | text |
| and Jajce in Bosnia.Development after introduction of firearmsMedieval-style fortifications were largely made obsolete by the arrival of cannons on the 14th century battlefield | instance of | and only rarely fortified entire settlements | 0.80 | text |
| Sarzanello in North West Italy which was built between 1492 | instance of | so 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… | 0.80 | text |
| 1502 | instance of | so 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… | 0.80 | text |
| accommodation | instance of | Soft locations with high personnel densities | 0.80 | text |
| messing facilities can have limited protection by placing prefabricated concrete walls or barriers around them | instance of | Soft locations with high personnel densities | 0.80 | text |
| examples of barriers are Jersey barriers | instance of | Soft locations with high personnel densities | 0.80 | text |
| T Barriers | instance of | Soft locations with high personnel densities | 0.80 | text |
| or Splinter Protection Units | instance of | Soft locations with high personnel densities | 0.80 | text |
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