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-square19fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down11cross-posted to: castles@lemm.ee
arrow-up165arrow-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-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: castles@lemm.ee
minus-squaressboomman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWas there any advantage to having it lean like that?
minus-squareSordid@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 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-squareBB69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt would’ve made siege ladders harder to set up.
minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoWho needs siege ladders when you can just climb up the damn wall?
minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSo it doesn’t fall down
minus-squarejerkbank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIs it a lean, or is it wider at the bottom?
minus-squareSordid@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s _/‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾\_ shaped. It’s not freestanding walls, the whole thing is an earthen mound with a flat top and its sides lined with bricks.
Was there any advantage to having it lean like that?
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?
So it doesn’t fall down
Is it a lean, or is it wider at the bottom?
This question confuses me geometrically
is it \ or △ shaped ?
It’s _/‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾\_ shaped. It’s not freestanding walls, the whole thing is an earthen mound with a flat top and its sides lined with bricks.