It's actually pretty interesting to see how although the geography of an area will pretty much dictate that there *shall* be a major city here, in most cases those "natural sites" are more of a broadly defined region. The settlement of those regions tends to have multiple separate settlements built to take advantage of specific details of the land, which over time condense into one or two major cities and their suburbs and/or exurbs.
Numenorean Defensive Works
- Thread starter Aldarion
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If discussing Gondorian defensive works, we might keep in mind that this is not quite the same as Numenorian. Elendil his following were Numenorians, but they could not bring all of the technological skill and knowledge of their people with them.
Numenor itself probably had no need of fortifications, as the only other sea-going power was that of the Elves, who were their allies.
Numenor itself probably had no need of fortifications, as the only other sea-going power was that of the Elves, who were their allies.
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
True, but they did build fortresses in the Middle-Earth. Also, Othram (outermost wall of Minas Tirith) is outright stated by the narrator to have been build "before" the skill and knowledge of Numenor had faded in the Middle Earth.