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To: decimon

Why in heaven would you need a 43-foot-thick curtain wall, before the invention of cannons?


4 posted on 07/14/2009 7:06:55 PM PDT by patton (Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
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To: patton
or catapults.......
5 posted on 07/14/2009 7:08:58 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (Time to dig out the pitchforks and torches...............)
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To: patton
Why in heaven would you need a 43-foot-thick curtain wall, before the invention of cannons?

That's a long way to throw a spear? The wall are of mud brick so maybe the thickness was needed to keep them from digging through. As you've guessed, I don't know.

7 posted on 07/14/2009 7:15:39 PM PDT by decimon
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To: patton

Insurance?


8 posted on 07/14/2009 7:16:24 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
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To: patton

I would suggest that MAYBE it would be plenty wide enough to maneuver a chariot with an archer on. Wide enough to TURN the chariot around on for another pass.


24 posted on 07/17/2009 5:36:55 AM PDT by American_Centurion (No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
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Jews sneaking out


39 posted on 02/18/2019 5:17:42 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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