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Using the new AutoMIRA georadar system, the team uncovered evidence of the 1718 transport route.
Credit: NIKU/Erich Nau
Credit: NIKU/Erich Nau

1 posted on 01/22/2025 3:22:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Mehmed II did the same when he defeated the Byzantines at Constantinople. Drug ships behind the lines into the Golden Horn.
5 posted on 01/22/2025 4:45:05 AM PST by Jolla
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To: SunkenCiv

All the effort with the ships seems to gone for nought, and siege, and the entire war, wound down after Charles XII died on December 11, 1718 when he was hit in the left temple by a “projectile” on December 11, 1718. (Per wikipedia. I was interested in how the tactic worked out.)


7 posted on 01/22/2025 7:05:04 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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