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Chilkoot (other)
Chilkoot or The Chilkoot or ''variation'' may refer to: * Chilkoot Barracks, an alternative name for Fort William H. Seward, Alaska, USA * Chilkoot Inlet, terminus of the Chilkoot River, in Alaska * Chilkoot Lake, in Haines Township, Alaska; source of the Chilkoot River * Chilkoot Pass, on the Chilkoot Trail, crossing from Alaska, USA to BC, Canada, over the Coast Mountains * Chilkoot Reservation, a U.S. Indian Reservation in Alaska, see List of Indian reservations in the United States * Chilkoot River, a river in southeast Alaska * Chilkoot Trail, a part of the Klondike Gold Rush Trail between Dyea, Alaska, USA, and Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada * Chilkoot tribe, a tribe of Tlingit found in Haines Township, Alaska, USA * Port Chilkoot, a former municipality which was merged into Haines, Alaska See also * Chilkoot Trail and Dyea Site, a National Historic Landmark in Alaska * Chilkat (other) {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ("strong") and ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley Civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large cyclopean stone walls fitted without mortar had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae. A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted as a border gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
