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...

historically had, defensive walls. Algiers Ghardaïa Timimoun Al-Fustat Cairo Damietta See List of Egypt castles, forts, fortifications and city walls. Harar Apollonia...

walls Defensive walls in fortifications Permanent, solid fences Retaining walls, which hold back dirt, stone, water, or noise sound Stone walls Walls...

("strong") and facere ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing...

control of immigration and emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced by the construction of watchtowers, troop...

Operation Defensive Shield (Hebrew: מִבְצָע חוֹמַת מָגֵן Mītzvāh Ḥōmat Māgēn) was a 2002 Israeli military operation in the West Bank, carried out amidst...

curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town. Evidence for curtain walls or a series of walls surrounding...

Defensive walls are a feature of ancient Roman architecture. The Romans generally fortified cities, rather than building stand-alone fortresses, but there...

Shapur II established a defensive system in southern Mesopotamia to prevent raids via land. The defensive line, called the Wall of the Arabs (Middle Persian:...

The Servian Wall (Latin: Murus Servii Tullii; Italian: Mura Serviane) is an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the...