How was Constantinople protected? It was guarded on 3 sides by water. Leaders built sea walls along the coast….List some characteristics of Constantinople.
Q. What did the Byzantines build that made Constantinople even more secure?
What did the Byzantine build that made Constantinople even more secure? A moat, thick walls, and observation towers. Constantinople was built on a narrow body of water that cuts through land, connecting two larger bodies of water.
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- Q. What did the Byzantines build that made Constantinople even more secure?
- Q. What are the best defenses of Constantinople?
- Q. What natural and human built aspects of the city of Constantinople helped protect it from invasion?
- Q. How was Constantinople protected?
- Q. What was used by the Ottomans to breach the walls that protected Constantinople?
- Q. What made Constantinople more comfortable than Western Europe?
- Q. How were the walls of Constantinople breached?
- Q. What made the walls of Constantinople obsolete?
- Q. Who lost Constantinople?
- Q. Why the Ottoman Empire fell?
- Q. Who had the largest empire in history?
Q. What are the best defenses of Constantinople?
The main line of defense was the Inner Wall, 40 feet in height and 15 feet thick, with a battlemented parapet five feet high that was accessed by stone ramps. Along its course at 175-foot intervals run 96 massive towers, each once capable of mounting the heaviest military engines of the day.
- Educational center of the Byzantine Empire.
- many churches, palaces, mansions, schools and hospitals.
- Art, architecture, and learning attracted many people.
Q. What natural and human built aspects of the city of Constantinople helped protect it from invasion?
The Bosporous straight also linked the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea-important for trade. This allowed the city to control all trade routes between Europe and Asia. It was also on a peninsula which made it difficult to attack and protect it from invasion. What does Hagia Sophia mean?
Q. How was Constantinople protected?
Initially built by Constantine the Great, the walls surrounded the new city on all sides, protecting it against attack from both sea and land. As the city grew, the famous double line of the Theodosian Walls was built in the 5th century.
Q. What was used by the Ottomans to breach the walls that protected Constantinople?
gunpowder
Q. What made Constantinople more comfortable than Western Europe?
It was a center of trade, because many trade routes crossed through the city. What is one example of how life in Constantinople was more comfortable than in Western Europe? Constantinople had a sewer system, which cities in Europe did not have.
Q. How were the walls of Constantinople breached?
The second and final time the walls were breached was during the Siege of Constantinople in 1453, by the Ottomans; however, they did not break through by force, but entered through the Adrianople Gate, which happened to be open, apparently accidentally but possibly through treachery.
Q. What made the walls of Constantinople obsolete?
However, after the Crusades, the Empire was exhausted and the city was no longer as populous as it once had been. When the Ottoman sultan acquired cannon, the walls of Constantinople were rendered obsolete.
Q. Who lost Constantinople?
Sultan Mehmed II
Q. Why the Ottoman Empire fell?
Other factors, such as poor leadership and having to compete with trade from the Americas and India, led to the weakening of the empire. In 1683, the Ottoman Turks were defeated at the Battle of Vienna. This loss added to their already waning status.
Q. Who had the largest empire in history?
Mongol Empire
