tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agolemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down15
arrow-up1368arrow-down1imageThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agolemmy.worldtictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareSordid@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoIn defensive terms, no, not really. They had to build it like this because these aren’t really walls per se, it’s just brick lining on the outside of an earthen mound, and mounds are, well, mound-shaped. https://gomadnomad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Bukharas-Ark-Palace.jpg
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou’d think there’d be a reason beyond construction requirements, though—otherwise someone in the past 1,500 years would have replaced it with a more conventional wall.
minus-squareBB69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt would’ve made siege ladders harder to set up.
minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoWho needs siege ladders when you can just climb up the damn wall?
In defensive terms, no, not really. They had to build it like this because these aren’t really walls per se, it’s just brick lining on the outside of an earthen mound, and mounds are, well, mound-shaped. https://gomadnomad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Bukharas-Ark-Palace.jpg
You’d think there’d be a reason beyond construction requirements, though—otherwise someone in the past 1,500 years would have replaced it with a more conventional wall.
It would’ve made siege ladders harder to set up.
Who needs siege ladders when you can just climb up the damn wall?