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Siege tower
A siege tower is a mobile wooden tower used to bring attackers to the top of fortification walls. It was used from ancient times across the Near East and Mediterranean. Accounts of the Assyrian Empire note that Assyrian engineers developed battering rams, siege towers and undermining techniques to capture fortified cities.
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