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    A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used...
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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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  • Food fortification or enrichment is the process of adding micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food. It can be carried out by food...
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    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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  • 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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    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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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Międzyrzecz Fortification Region. The Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen (Fortified Front Oder-Warthe-Bogen), also...
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    "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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    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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    The Persepolis Fortification Archive and Persepolis Treasury Archive are two groups of clay administrative archives — sets of records physically stored...
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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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    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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    A bailey or ward in a fortification is a leveled courtyard, typically enclosed by a curtain wall. In particular, an early type of European castle was...
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    The fortifications of Copenhagen is the broad name for the rings of fortifications surrounding the city of Copenhagen. They can be classified historically...
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    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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    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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    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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    prompted the trace italienne style from the 16th century. In these fortifications, the height of the curtain walls was reduced, and beyond the ditch,...
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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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    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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    Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Talus" fortification – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022) (Learn...
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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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    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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    Hellenistic fortifications are defense structures constructed during the Hellenistic Period of ancient Greek civilization (323 - ca. 30 B.C.E.). These...
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    A bunker is a defensive military fortification designed to protect people and valued materials from falling bombs, artillery, or other attacks. Bunkers...
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    Fortification Rock, once a landmark hill on the Colorado River before it was inundated, now known as Rock Island, southernmost and tallest of the Boulder...
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    A sconce is a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork, often placed on a mound as a defensive work for artillery. It was used primarily in...
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    In fortification, a lunette was originally an outwork of half-moon shape; later it became a redan with short flanks, in trace somewhat resembling a bastion...
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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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