PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historyruins@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoCity walls of Khiva, Uzbekistanlemmy.worldimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down11
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minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months agoLater additions called a glacis, ita hardened rammed earth with stone over it in most cases and it’s used to deflect cannon balls away from the walls. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacis
Later additions called a glacis, ita hardened rammed earth with stone over it in most cases and it’s used to deflect cannon balls away from the walls.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacis