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A concentric castle is a castle with two or more concentric curtain walls, such that the inner wall is higher than the outer and can be defended from it. The word concentric does not imply that these castles were circular; in fact, if taken too literally, the term is quite misleading. The layout was square where the terrain permitted, or an irregular polygon where curtain walls of a spur castle followed the contours of a hill.
Margat, also known as Marqab from the Arabic Qalaat al-Marqab, is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. It is located around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Mediterranean coast and approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Baniyas. The castle remained in a poor state of preservation until 2007 when some reconstruction and renovation began.
KRXQ is a commercial radio station in Sacramento, California, broadcasting on 98.5 FM. The station airs a Mainstream Rock music format branded as "98 Rock". The station is owned by Entercom Communications. Its studios are located in North Highlands and its transmitter is in Folsom.
Kerak Castle is a large Crusader castle located in al-Karak, Jordan. It is one of the largest crusader castles in the Levant. Construction of the castle began in the 1140s, under Pagan and Fulk, King of Jerusalem. The Crusaders called it Crac des Moabites or "Karak in Moab", as it is frequently referred to in history books.
KHTK is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Sacramento, California. KHTK broadcasts a sports radio format as "KHTK Sports 1140" as an affiliate of the CBS Sports Radio network.
KNCI is a commercial radio station in Sacramento, California, United States. The station is owned by Bonneville International. KNCI carries a country music format, alongside a classic country format known as The Ranch and a simulcast of sports talk KHTK on HD Radio subchannels.
KMPS is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Hesperia, California, and broadcasting to the Victor Valley, California, area. It is owned by Entercom and airs a sports radio format with programming from the co-owned CBS Sports Radio Network. KMPS's offices and studios are on Hesperia Road in Hesperia. The station's transmitter is located near Mesa Linda Street in Oak Hills. KMPS carries the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim during the baseball season.
KVFG is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Victorville, California and serves the Victor Valley area. The station is owned by Entercom and broadcasts a classic hits format. KVFG's studios are located in Hesperia, California and the transmitter is in Victorville.
CKO/CFOX was an English language Canadian AM radio station located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec from 1960 to 1989. The station's call sign was CFOX from 1960 to 1977 and it later operated as CKO, the Montreal station of the news network of the same name, from 1977 until 1989.
KIID is a radio station licensed to Sacramento, California, United States. The station is owned by Punjabi American Media LLC.
KCCL is a commercial classic hits radio station. Licensed to Woodland, California, it broadcasts to Sacramento, California, on 101.5 FM. On March 14, 2013, the city of license changed from Gridley, California to Woodland. Its studios are in North Sacramento and a transmitter site is near Woodland.
The Homs Gap is a relatively flat passage in the Orontes River Valley of southern Syria. Nicknamed the "gateway to Syria," the gap separates the An-Nusayriyah Mountains and Jabal Zawiya from the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains. The small Nahr al-Kabir river runs down the Gap to the Syrian coast to the Mediterranean Sea.
A spur castle is a type of medieval fortification that uses its location as a defensive feature. The name refers to the location on a spur projecting from a hill. Ideally, a spur castle would be defended on three sides by steep hillsides, with the only vulnerable side the one where the spur joins the next hill.
A fortified tower is one of the defensive structures used in fortifications, such as castles, along with curtain walls. Castle towers can have a variety of different shapes and fulfil different functions.
The Crusader fortress of Krak des Chevaliers fell to the Mamluk sultan Baibars in 1271.
Baibars went north to deal with Krak des Chevaliers after the death of Louis IX of France on 29 November 1270.
The Battle of Hosn was a one-day battle during the Syrian Civil War around the village of Hosn and its proper center in the 900-year-old medieval Crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers, a UNESCO world heritage site, that had been in the hands of rebel fighters along with Hosn itself since 2012. The Syrian Army's objective during the battle was to sever the rebels' supply routes for recruits and weapons coming in and out of Lebanon.
