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Whilst there have been threads about building a wall along the Danube, or other places, one location seems overlooked.

Southern Anatolia.

It just seems unusual, surely a series of passage blocking fortifications could be built along the high ridge of the Anatolian Plateau.

Hypothetically, what would be the result of a wall that fortified the length of the Taurus Mts and (increasingly over time) the Armenian Highlands, as well as potentially a branch that fortified the Bargylus Mountains (so as to protect Cilicia.

I'm unsure what would feasibly need to be done to fortify that range, the length or the cost, but being mountains, I can't see it requiring huge quantities of construction except in the larger passes.

Say it is started towards the middle of the Heraclian Dynasty, as a slow way of fortifying Anatolia against further incursions -what are the likely long-term impacts?
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