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堡壘、城市防禦工事

聖經中的器物

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古時,城市通常建有特殊的防禦工事來保護居民不受外敵的攻擊。有些防禦工事憑依天然,例如陡峭的山頂或河邊。人工修建的防禦工事至少包括一堵又高又厚的牆,通常是用磚或石頭砌成的。城牆有一個或多個入口,用大門關閉。大門通常是木製的。入口的結構往往相當複雜,包含一個或多個轉彎通道和幾個警衛室。城門和城牆的其餘部分可能還建有高過城牆的塔樓。這些塔樓既有利於觀察從遠處靠近的人,也是向敵人投射槍矛弓箭的制高點。

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Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema