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This content describes the iterative evolution of ancient city wall defenses, starting from a basic wall and progressively adding features like battlements, turrets, corner towers, moats, internal pathways, gate towers, and layered gate defenses to counter specific enemy tactics and vulnerabilities.
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If you travel back to ancient times and
become the ruler of a city, the first
thing you do is build a tall wall around
it, your city's shield against invading
enemies. On top of the wall, you'd
construct battlements with gaps, giving
your soldiers cover while they defend.
But soon, you notice a flaw. The wall is
too flat. If enemies reach the base,
they enter a dead angle where archers
can't hit them. So, you design
protruding platforms spaced along the
wall, allowing soldiers to shoot from
both sides and trap enemies in
crossfire. These are called horse faces
or defense turrets. Yet, another problem
appears. The corners of the wall have
wide views, but defending both sides at
once is difficult, leaving a gap for
enemies to climb. So, you build larger
and taller corner towers, each topped
with a pavilion for scouting, signaling,
and long-range defense. These become the
corner towers, commanding the
battlefield from above. Even with these
defenses, the enemy still advances,
pushing siege engines toward your wall.
To slow them down, you dig a wide moat
outside the city and fill it with water,
forcing invaders to wade through before
reaching your gates. But your city is
vast. If the enemy attacks from multiple
directions, your soldiers and supplies
can't move fast enough between sectors.
So, you lay a circular horse path inside
the wall, allowing troops and provisions
to reach any threatened point within
minutes. Then, you add gate towers,
fortresses built at top the main gates,
serving as garrisons, lookout posts, and
command centers. Now, your wall is
almost impregnable, except for the gate
itself, the most vulnerable point of
all. Enemies focus their attacks there.
If they break through, your entire
defense could collapse. So, you wrap the
gate in multiple layers of high walls,
forming an enclosed courtyard trap. When
the enemy smashes through the first
gate, they rush inside only to find
themselves trapped in a killing zone.
From above, your archers unleash a storm
of arrows, wiping out the invaders
within moments. Congratulations. You've
just designed a complete ancient city
wall defense system. A masterpiece of
strategy and engineering that guarded
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