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City walls of Khiva, Uzbekistan (lemmy.world)
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[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was wondering why they built them like that too. Seems like you're encouraging invaders to come over the walls

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Later additions called a glacis, ita hardened rammed earth with stone over it in most cases and it's used to deflect cannon balls away from the walls.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacis