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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. 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]

  7. 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.

  8. Keep - Wikipedia

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    Keep. The Norman ( c. 1126) keep of Rochester Castle, England (rear). The shorter rectangular tower attached to the keep is its forebuilding, and the curtain wall is in the foreground. [ 1] A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but ...

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