@tictac2 to Mildly Interesting • 1 year agoThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agoimagemessage-square46arrow-up11.02Karrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years ago@tictac2 to Mildly Interesting • 1 year agomessage-square46cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSordidlinkfedilink64•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-squareTb0n3linkfedilink8•1 year agoWho needs siege ladders when you can just climb up the damn wall?
minus-square@AbouBenAdhemlinkEnglish3•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-squareSordidlinkfedilink10•1 year agoThey did. This is only the oldest, innermost fortification in the city. AFAIK additional layers of walls were build around it later.
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
It would’ve made siege ladders harder to set up.
Who needs siege ladders when you can just climb up the damn wall?
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.