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  2. Bent entrance - Wikipedia

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    A bent or indirect entrance is a defensive feature in medieval fortification. [1] In a castle with a bent entrance, the gate passage is narrow and turns sharply. Its purpose is to slow down attackers attempting to rush the gate and impede the use of battering rams against doors. It is often combined with means for an active defence, such as ...

  3. Cool Math Games - Wikipedia

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    Written in. PHP, HTML and Adobe Flash. Cool Math Games (branded as Coolmath Games) [ a] is an online web portal that hosts HTML and Flash web browser games targeted at children and young adults. Cool Math Games is operated by Coolmath LLC and first went online in 1997 with the slogan: "Where logic & thinking meets fun & games.".

  4. Medieval fortification - Wikipedia

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    Castle of Topoľčany in Slovakia. Medieval fortification refers to medieval military methods that cover the development of fortification construction and use in Europe, roughly from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Renaissance. During this millennium, fortifications changed warfare, and in turn were modified to suit new tactics ...

  5. Game of the Day: Monster Castle Defense - AOL

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    In Monster Castle Defense, protect your queen from the evil human army that wants to destroy her. Summon monsters, upgrade, and evolve a powerful army. Summon monsters, upgrade, and evolve a ...

  6. Castle doctrine - Wikipedia

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    A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, an automobile or a home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free ...

  7. Battlement - Wikipedia

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    Battlement. A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences. [1]

  8. Fortified tower - Wikipedia

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    Fortified tower. Gate towers at Harlech Castle. A fortified tower (also defensive tower or castle tower or, in context, just tower) is one of the defensive structures used in fortifications, such as castles, along with defensive walls such as curtain walls. Castle towers can have a variety of different shapes and fulfil different functions.

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