A bunch of illiterate barbarians destroyed knowledge of ancient civilizations we can never have back.
eternal altaic
It was probably shit desu
They surely did, these fucking Romans.
Fucking Greeks.
http://www.ancient.eu/article/214/
>>589929
>Byzantium
>Knowledge
Ayyy
Western Europe and the fucking Turks who destroyed it were more knowledgable and high tech than Byzantines by this point in time.
>>589945
>roman armies
>illiterate
Nope. Not even after marius reforms, they made sure to teach everyone.
>>589962
Neither were Mongols, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_script
>>589929
>destroyed knowledge of ancient civilizations we can never have back
No, Venitians did that. The city the Turks took was already a ruin.
>>590028
Rounded the Cape and sailed up the Tigris did they?
>>590028
The Venetians sacked Baghdad?
Fucking βάρβαρος.
>>590060
OP's pic is Constantinople.
OP is a bit slow in the head in case you didn't notice.
>>590921
then what's with the Theodosian walls?
>>590921
Dude you can see jannisaries in the painting.
>>589929
>>589929
Funny.
the crusades are what began the Renaissance period. they didn't destroy the ancient knowledge, they took it back with them and began remembering what had once been lost.
>>589929
>A bunch of illiterate fatties destroyed aesthetics of ancient civilizations we can never have back.