WebA fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.The term is derived from Latin fortis ("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 world …

WebNeolithic Age. Mycenae, an acropolis site, was built on a hill 900 feet (274 metres) above sea level, some 19 kilometres (12 miles) inland from the Gulf of Argolis. Situated in the north-east corner of the Argive plain, it easily overlooked the whole area and was ideally positioned to be a centre of power, especially as it commanded all easy routes to the …

WebName. In early antiquity, Tetovo was first mentioned as Oaeneum (Ωαινέον in Ancient Greek). [failed verification] The region was referred to as Htetovo in a Serbian Charter.During the Ottoman rule the name of the town was Kalkandelen.. History Prehistory. There have been archaeological discoveries near Tetovo which date back to the Bronze …

WebMycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC. It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland Greece with its palatial states, urban organization, works of art, and writing system. The Mycenaeans were mainland …

WebThe word castle is derived from the Latin word castellum, which is a diminutive of the word castrum, meaning "fortified place".The Old English castel, Occitan castel or chastel, French château, Spanish castillo, Portuguese castelo, Italian castello, and a number of words in other languages also derive from castellum. The word castle was introduced into English …

WebHomer (/ ˈ h oʊ m ər /; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros) is the legendary author to whom the authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey (the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature) is attributed.He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Virgil …

WebThe Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, whose earliest beginnings were from c. 3500 BC, with the complex urban civilization beginning around 2000 BC, and then declining from c. 1450 BC until it ended around 1100 BC, during the early Greek Dark Ages, part of a wider bronze age …

WebMesopotamia. From very early history to modern times, walls have been a near necessity for every city. Uruk in ancient Sumer (Mesopotamia) is one of the world's oldest known walled cities.Before that, the proto-city of Jericho in the West Bank had a wall surrounding it as early as the 8th millennium BC. The earliest known town wall in Europe is of Solnitsata, …

WebThe Late Bronze Age collapse was a time of widespread societal collapse during the 12th century BC, between c.1200 and 1150. The collapse affected a large area of the Eastern Mediterranean (North Africa and Southeast Europe) and the Near East, in particular Egypt, eastern Libya, the Balkans, the Aegean, Anatolia, and the Caucasus.It was sudden, …

WebA siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault.This derives from Latin: sedere, lit. 'to sit'. Siege warfare is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict characterized by one party holding a strong, static, defensive position. Consequently, an opportunity for negotiation between combatants is …