CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Collect taxes
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Train soldiers
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Destroy crops
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Conquer cities
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ladders could be used to escalade over the defenses. Battering rams and siege hooks could also be used to force through gates or walls, while catapults, ballistae, trebuchets, mangonels, and onagers could be used to launch projectiles to break down a city’s fortifications and kill its defenders.
Detailed explanation-2: -Siege Towers: Movable Protection Siege towers were designed to transport besieging soldiers and ladders close to the walls of a fortification, whilst also protecting them from enemy bow and crossbow fire. Usually, the tower would be rectangular in shape and was constructed to equal the height of the walls it faced.
Detailed explanation-3: -Assyrian armies also had a corps of engineers who employed movable towers and iron-headed battering rams for sieges on walled towns.