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Why did cities in olden times have high walls around them?
For the purposes of defence. An enemy army cannot invade a city as easily if they are forced to go through the city gates and the invading force can be attacked with projectile weapons from the top of the walls.
What did the Romans do to protect their cities?
The Romans, like everyone else in those days, built walls and fortifications around their towns.
Who built defensive walls around northern Britain in the roman era?
Hadrian
What was the Persians' plan to attack Greece?
First they sent emissaries around the city-states with god, bribing cites to join with them. Against the hold-outs they advanced by land, with a flanking fleet which threatened the southern Greek city-states, so the cities kept their armies at home defending their walls and so would be unable to unite into a string force, allowing the Persians to take over the cities one by one.
Why did the fisrt cities of mesopotamia need organized government?
Ancient cities needed organized government because they can't just lay around like pigs. If they were like pigs they wouldn't care if somebody from another place attack and/or kill people. Someone needed to organize things. They organized food for armies, people to build city walls, they trained armies and gave them weapons, clothing, and shelter.
Why did the Minoan cities have walls around them?
Instead of having walls around them, the Minoans depended on the sea and navy for protection.
Why was the Minoan cities different?
They had no walls
Minoan cities differed from those built by other civilizations because .?
they had no walls
Why the sumerian cities build cities with walls around them?
Sumerian cities had walls around them for the primary purpose of protection.
What did Sumerians do to protect their cities?
build walls around their cities?
How do Minoan frescoes differ from Egyptian frescoes?
Minoan frescoes appear on the walls of homes and palaces, not tombs.
Why do strong cities no longer have walls around them?
Modern weaponry renders walls useless.
Why were high brick walls built around early cities?
Protection from invaders.
Some African nations resisted the slave trade by?
building walls around their cities.
Why did the Shang Dynasty have walled cities?
Large walls were built around cities to protect the cities. It took 10,000 workers using 18 years to build that wall. The walls were 30 feet high, 65 feet thick, four and a half miles long. Skilled craft workers lived outside the walls to decorate the walls.
Why don't they build walls around cities anymore?
Flight and advanced firearms have essentially made the value of walls as a defensive measure useless.
How do Minoans frescoes differ from Egyptian frescoes?
Minoan frescoes appear on the walls of homes and palaces, not tombs.
