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Ruined
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Ruins.
Cities
Ancient cities were often highly militarized and had fortified defensive settlements. In times of war, they were the central focus of armed conflict and would be sacked and ruined in defeat. For example, Delhi, the capital of India, has been destroyed and ransacked seven to ten times and subsequently rebuilt. Every ruler decided to rebuild the city in their own way -- either overlapping the ruins or next to the ruins. Remnants of the prior cities can still be traced in the layout of modern-day Delhi.