Many opinions are being said, about if we should study Byzantium time period, or not. The Byzantine Empire is a very overlooked period in our world history. They influenced many things in our lives today. Byzantium was at the center of the known world and lasted for about one thousand years. It was great location for trade and had lots of protection surrounding the peninsula in which the people lived. Many things happened and started during this time period, like, Justinian’s Code, amazing architecture, entertaining events, unique emperors, and more. This age of time helped to build our society today. The primary reasons to study the Byzantines are religion, military engineering and defense, and philosophy and ideas. People should be studying
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Firstly, Constantinople/Byzantium was highly protected by three walls each 25 feet thick, a 22 feet deep moat, and about 96 towers on the walls with archers launching arrows at the anticipated enemies (doc B). If Constantinople was not as well protected as it was then, people today would not be as well protected as they are because we would not have known about the brilliant plans the Byzantines had to protect their main city. My second reason is the plans of the architects during these times were very advanced and thoroughly thought-out (doc. B).These plans included archers high up in towers ready to shoot upcoming enemies, moats full of different animals such as alligators ready to eat the criminals, etc. Now, people have many great plans to protect their citizens from invaders. My final reason is “During the 1,100-year history of the Byzantine Empire, 24 efforts were made to capture the city of Constantinople. Only two were successful” (doc. B) If the Byzantine Empire was not as well protected then, possibly the Christian and Eastern Orthodox Churches would not still be here today. To go further, the Byzantine was very well protected and kept its citizens safe and deserves credit for being a very defensive city, and being probably one of the most safe cities. The Byzantine Empire allowed us to keep our citizens well guarded in their city and gave people today new ideas and plans to protect
Firstly, Constantinople/Byzantium was highly protected by three walls each 25 feet thick, a 22 feet deep moat, and about 96 towers on the walls with archers launching arrows at the anticipated enemies (doc B). If Constantinople was not as well protected as it was then, people today would not be as well protected as they are because we would not have known about the brilliant plans the Byzantines had to protect their main city. My second reason is the plans of the architects during these times were very advanced and thoroughly thought-out (doc. B).These plans included archers high up in towers ready to shoot upcoming enemies, moats full of different animals such as alligators ready to eat the criminals, etc. Now, people have many great plans to protect their citizens from invaders. My final reason is “During the 1,100-year history of the Byzantine Empire, 24 efforts were made to capture the city of Constantinople. Only two were successful” (doc. B) If the Byzantine Empire was not as well protected then, possibly the Christian and Eastern Orthodox Churches would not still be here today. To go further, the Byzantine was very well protected and kept its citizens safe and deserves credit for being a very defensive city, and being probably one of the most safe cities. The Byzantine Empire allowed us to keep our citizens well guarded in their city and gave people today new ideas and plans to protect