@tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 years agoThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agolemmy.worldimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up11.02Kcross-posted to: castles@lemm.ee
arrow-up11.02KimageThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agolemmy.world@tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: castles@lemm.ee
minus-squareSordidlinkfedilink64•2 years 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-square@AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years 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-squareSordidlinkfedilink10•2 years agoThey did. This is only the oldest, innermost fortification in the city. AFAIK additional layers of walls were build around it later.
minus-square@BB69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•2 years agoIt would’ve made siege ladders harder to set up.
minus-squareTb0n3linkfedilink11•2 years 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.
They did. This is only the oldest, innermost fortification in the city. AFAIK additional layers of walls were build around it later.
It would’ve made siege ladders harder to set up.
Who needs siege ladders when you can just climb up the damn wall?