A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used... 66 KB (7,733 words) - 03:36, 28 April 2024 |
Food fortification or enrichment is the process of adding micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food. It can be carried out by food... 30 KB (3,406 words) - 19:14, 20 April 2024 |
In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or... 8 KB (1,031 words) - 20:16, 6 April 2024 |
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... 14 KB (1,309 words) - 02:45, 18 January 2024 |
Look up fortification or fortificâtion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fortification is a military construction or building designed for defense... 483 bytes (93 words) - 11:06, 14 December 2014 |
Medieval fortification refers to medieval military methods that cover the development of fortification construction and use in Europe, roughly from the... 19 KB (2,374 words) - 05:44, 24 April 2024 |
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... 3 KB (371 words) - 18:06, 16 February 2024 |
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... 3 KB (267 words) - 15:10, 17 February 2023 |
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... 12 KB (1,070 words) - 23:55, 28 September 2023 |
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... 22 KB (2,620 words) - 12:14, 26 April 2024 |
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... 2 KB (201 words) - 18:57, 7 March 2024 |
Hellenistic fortifications are defense structures constructed during the Hellenistic Period of ancient Greek civilization (323 - ca. 30 B.C.E.). These... 9 KB (1,197 words) - 18:01, 1 January 2024 |
This military base or fortification article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.... 5 KB (533 words) - 15:22, 27 April 2023 |
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... 77 KB (10,206 words) - 02:56, 23 April 2024 |
A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast or shoulder height to provide protection to defenders firing over it... 2 KB (149 words) - 07:28, 18 February 2024 |
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, an early type of European castle was... 5 KB (632 words) - 02:48, 21 January 2024 |
The fortifications of Copenhagen is the broad name for the rings of fortifications surrounding the city of Copenhagen. They can be classified historically... 4 KB (480 words) - 20:50, 17 March 2024 |
long-lasting Mongol-Tatar yoke slowed down the development of Russian fortification architecture for a century and a half, as internecine wars stopped and... 17 KB (1,644 words) - 06:54, 16 December 2023 |
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Talus" fortification – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022) (Learn... 2 KB (190 words) - 14:34, 17 March 2023 |
Persepolis Administrative Archives (redirect from Persepolis Fortification Tablets) The Persepolis Fortification Archive and Persepolis Treasury Archive are two groups of clay administrative archives — sets of records physically stored... 36 KB (4,766 words) - 20:59, 12 September 2023 |
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... 23 KB (2,784 words) - 01:04, 24 April 2024 |
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... 920 bytes (138 words) - 15:40, 7 November 2023 |
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... 100 KB (10,943 words) - 07:27, 21 April 2024 |
prompted the trace italienne style from the 16th century. In these fortifications, the height of the curtain walls was reduced, and beyond the ditch,... 5 KB (466 words) - 02:34, 24 December 2023 |
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... 4 KB (311 words) - 03:40, 3 July 2022 |
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... 4 KB (486 words) - 22:27, 26 July 2023 |
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... 1 KB (132 words) - 10:15, 31 July 2022 |