Assertion: fortification | /r/HasProperty | abandoned
Facets:
value: by a powerful earthquake
type: CAUSE
value: completely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Either the fortification was sold to be used as a store or business, sold for parts (especially nails) in which case the structure would be burned to the ground and the nails and other metal components would be salvaged, or it was just abandoned completely and left to decay.
text: The fortifications were heavily damaged or destroyed by a powerful earthquake around 700 BCE, and more built on top of the ruins.