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[url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Image:Post-and-Grant-Avenue.-Look.jpgHYPERLINK/wiki/San_Francisco][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]San Francisco[/u][/color][/size][/url] [url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Earthquake][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Earthquake[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/1906][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]1906[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]: Ruins in vicinity of Post and Grant Avenue.
Ancient cities were often highly [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Militarized][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]militarized[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Fortified][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]fortified[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] defensive [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Human_settlement][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]settlements[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. In times of war they were the central focus of armed conflict and would be [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Looting][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]sacked[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and ruined in defeat.[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-1][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff][2][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] Although less central to modern conflict, vast areas of 20th century cities such as [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Warsaw][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Warsaw[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Dresden][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Dresden[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Coventry][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Coventry[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/London][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]London[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Berlin][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Berlin[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] were left in ruins following [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/World_War_II][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]World War II[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], and a number of major cities around the world [/size][font:8e1a=AMGDT][size=25]–[/size][/font][size=25] such as [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Beirut][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Beirut[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Kabul][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Kabul[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Sarajevo][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Sarajevo[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Grozny][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Grozny[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Baghdad][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Baghdad[/u][/color][/size][/url] [font:8e1a=AMGDT][size=25]–[/size][/font][size=25] have been partially or completely ruined in recent years as a result of more localised warfare.[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-2][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff][3][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]
Entire cities have also been ruined, and some occasionally lost completely, to natural disasters. The ancient city of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Pompeii][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Pompeii[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] was completely lost during a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Volcanic_eruption][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]volcanic eruption[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] in the 1st century [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Common_Era][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]CE[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], its uncovered ruins now preserved as a World Heritage Site. The city of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Lisbon][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]Lisbon[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] was totally [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]destroyed in 1755[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] by a massive [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Earthquake][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]earthquake[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Tsunami][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]tsunami[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], and the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake][u][size=25][color:8e1a=#0000ff]1906 San Francisco earthquake[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] left the city in almost complete ruin[/size]