Forts and fortresses : from the hillforts of prehistory to modern times, the definitive visual account of the science of fortification

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    • Brice, Martin Hubert

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Forts and fortresses : from the hillforts of prehistory to modern times, the definitive visual account of the science of fortification

Martin Brice

Facts on File, c1990

  • : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187) and index

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From 3500 BC to the nuclear age, the author looks at the basic earthworks and hillforts of prehistoric Europe, crusader castles and medieval strongholds, the walled cities of Jericho, Troy, Sparta and Babylon, the Great Wall of China, the Tower of London and many more examples of fortification.

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