A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare...
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Look up fortification or fortificâtion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fortification is a military construction or building designed for defense...
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Scintillating scotoma (redirect from Fortification spectrum)
sometimes called a fortification spectrum (i.e. teichopsia, from Greek τεῖχος, town wall), because of its resemblance to the fortifications of a castle or...
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In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or...
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The fortifications of Portsmouth are extensive due to its strategic position on the English Channel and role as home to the Royal Navy. For this reason...
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Food fortification is the addition of micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food products. Food enrichment specifically means adding...
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A cavalier is a fortification which is built within a larger fortification, and which is higher than the rest of the work. It usually consists of a raised...
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Medieval fortification refers to medieval military methods that cover the development of fortification construction and use in Europe, roughly from the...
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Fortification Upgrades (1673–1675) was a re-organization of military forces and strengthening of the defenses of Norway. The Norwegian army in this period...
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A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast or shoulder height to provide protection to defenders firing over it...
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long-lasting Mongol-Tatar yoke slowed down the development of Russian fortification architecture for a century and a half, as internecine wars stopped and...
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Bratislava fortifications usually refers to the medieval city fortifications of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, of which one gate and two sections...
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Siege (redirect from Fortification and Siege Warfare)
"investment"). This is typically coupled with attempts to reduce the fortifications by means of siege engines, artillery bombardment, mining (also known...
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Russian border in the Russo-Ukrainian war. A series of dragon's teeth fortifications named the Wagner Line have also been built by the Wagner Group in Russian-occupied...
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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Talus" fortification – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022) (Learn...
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Buzi are small forts built along the northern frontier of China. They are prevalent in the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces, usually...
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Folate (section Food fortification)
into folate by the body, is used as a dietary supplement and in food fortification as it is more stable during processing and storage. Folate is required...
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Bailey (castle) (redirect from Bailey (fortification))
A bailey or ward in a fortification is a leveled courtyard, typically enclosed by a curtain wall. In particular, a medieval type of European castle is...
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In military science, a compound is a type of fortification made up of walls or fences surrounding several buildings in the center of a large piece of...
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Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen (redirect from Miedzyrzecz Fortification Region)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Międzyrzecz Fortification Region. The Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen (Fortified Front Oder-Warthe-Bogen), also...
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Fortified wine (redirect from Wine fortification)
natural antiseptic. Even though other preservation methods now exist, fortification continues to be used because the process can add distinct flavors to...
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Bastion fort (redirect from Vauban fortification)
from non-standard French, literally meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder...
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urban fortification. A bastille is a fortification located at the principal entrance to a town or city; as such it is a similar type of fortification to...
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of Luxembourg (officially City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications) is located mainly in Ville Haute (Uewerstad) in Luxembourg City, Grand...
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the Alpine Wall fortifications on the Kreuzbergpass, which blocked passage through the Sexten Valley into Cadore, and the fortifications in the Val Frison...
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between 1661 and 1667.[citation needed] Fort Boyard was to form a line of fortification with Fort Enet and Fort de la Rade on Île-d'Aix to protect the arsenal...
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Redoubt (redirect from Redoubt (fortification))
built to protect older fortifications from the more effective artillery of the period. Often close to ancient fortifications, there were small hills...
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Defensive wall (redirect from Fortification wall)
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple...
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Hellenistic fortifications are defense structures constructed during the Hellenistic Period in the eastern Mediterranean and into West Asia (323 - ca....
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