History Ruins

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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.

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Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to [email protected]

Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to [email protected]

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Almanara Tower, Somalia (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

This is just supposition, but my guess is primarily administrative.

To be military it would need an enclosed fort to overlook, which may have existed I guess.

A busy port would need a vantage point from whence to see boats and caravans arriving and departing, a place to store duties collected, barracks for your ~~thugs~~ tax collectors.

A lighthouse just might not have been necessary depending on the style of shipping that was taking place.