erewere, no doubt, at the mouths of the valleys opening into thebasin of the Tigris, strong forts and isolated towers, perched uponsome abrupt rock or ridge : the siege of such a fortress seems tobe going on in the relief figured on the next page (Fig. 29).The platform at the top of the tower seems… … Fig. 28.—Fortified wall ; from the Balawat gates. British Museum. ourdeys of which the military engineers of the middle ages madesuch constant use. The garrison still show a bold front frombehind their defences, but the women and old men, foreseeing thefall of their stronghold, are decamping while…
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