Database: Great Chain - Revision history

imported>Lady Kyashira at 01:18, 7 December 2018

2018-12-07T01:18:05Z

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	[[File:The Great Chain Database image.png\|~~right~~\|250px\|The Great Chain]]		[[File:The Great Chain Database image.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Great Chain]]
	Built some time around 1000CE, the [[Great Chain]] was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the [[Golden Horn]], the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of [[Constantinople]]'s interior.		Built some time around 1000CE, the [[Great Chain]] was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the [[Golden Horn]], the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of [[Constantinople]]'s interior.

	As low tech as this sounds, the chain performed admirably on more than a few occasions for more than 400 years, and in 1453, it so vexed the Sultan [[Mehmet II]] that he was forced to improvise an even stranger plan to circumvent the Byzantine defenses: he pulled his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] and slid them on greased tracks into the Golden Horn, far upriver from the chain. It just goes to show that crazy is often the only way to beat crazy.		As low tech as this sounds, the chain performed admirably on more than a few occasions for more than 400 years, and in 1453, it so vexed the Sultan [[Mehmet II]] that he was forced to improvise an even stranger plan to circumvent the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses: he pulled his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] and slid them on greased tracks into the Golden Horn, far upriver from the chain. It just goes to show that crazy is often the only way to beat crazy.
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imported>Amnestyyy at 14:56, 31 May 2016

2016-05-31T14:56:58Z

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	[[File:The Great Chain Database image.png\|right\|250px\|The Great Chain]]		[[File:The Great Chain Database image.png\|right\|250px\|The Great Chain]]
	Built some time around 1000CE, the [[Great Chain]] was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the [[Golden Horn]], the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of [[Constantinople]]'s interior.		Built some time around 1000CE, the [[Great Chain]] was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the [[Golden Horn]], the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of [[Constantinople]]'s interior.

imported>Amnestyyy at 20:20, 26 February 2015

2015-02-26T20:20:10Z

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	{{Edit\|Database/Locations (ACR):Great Chain\|Text=Edit this tab}}		{{Edit\|Database/Locations (ACR):Great Chain\|Text=Edit this tab}}
	[[File:The Great Chain Database image.png\|right\|250px\|The Great Chain]]		[[File:The Great Chain Database image.png\|right\|250px\|The Great Chain]]
	Built some time around 1000CE, the Great Chain was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the Golden Horn, the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of Constantinople's interior.		Built some time around 1000CE, the [[Great Chain]] was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the [[Golden Horn]], the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of [[Constantinople]]'s interior.

	As low tech as this sounds, the chain performed admirably on more than a few occasions for more than 400 years, and in 1453, it so vexed the Sultan Mehmet II that he was forced to improvise an even stranger plan to circumvent the Byzantine defenses: he pulled his warships over the hills of Galata and slid them on greased tracks into the Golden Horn, far upriver from the chain. It just goes to show that crazy is often the only way to beat crazy.		As low tech as this sounds, the chain performed admirably on more than a few occasions for more than 400 years, and in 1453, it so vexed the Sultan [[Mehmet II]] that he was forced to improvise an even stranger plan to circumvent the Byzantine defenses: he pulled his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] and slid them on greased tracks into the Golden Horn, far upriver from the chain. It just goes to show that crazy is often the only way to beat crazy.
	[[Category:Database~~/ACR~~]]		{{DEFAULTSORT:Great Chain}}
			[[Category:Database: Locations]]
			[[Category:Animus 2.03 database entries]]

imported>Amnestyyy: Amnestyyy moved page Database/Locations (ACR):Great Chain to Database: Great Chain

2015-02-26T20:14:57Z

Amnestyyy moved page Database/Locations (ACR):Great Chain to Database: Great Chain

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imported>Vatsa1708: TN

2013-09-22T09:56:41Z

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	{{Edit\|Database/Locations (ACR):Great Chain\|Text=Edit this tab}}		{{Edit\|Database/Locations (ACR):Great Chain\|Text=Edit this tab}}
	[[File:~~The_Great_Chain_Database_image~~.png\|~~thumb~~\|250px\|The Great Chain]]		[[File:The Great Chain Database image.png\|right\|250px\|The Great Chain]]
	Built some time around 1000CE, the Great Chain was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the Golden Horn, the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of Constantinople's interior.		Built some time around 1000CE, the Great Chain was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the Golden Horn, the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of Constantinople's interior.

	As low tech as this sounds, the chain performed admirably on more than a few occasions for more than 400 years, and in 1453, it so vexed the Sultan Mehmet II that he was forced to improvise an even stranger plan to circumvent the Byzantine defenses: he pulled his warships over the hills of Galata and slid them on greased tracks into the Golden Horn, far upriver from the chain. It just goes to show that crazy is often the only way to beat crazy.		As low tech as this sounds, the chain performed admirably on more than a few occasions for more than 400 years, and in 1453, it so vexed the Sultan Mehmet II that he was forced to improvise an even stranger plan to circumvent the Byzantine defenses: he pulled his warships over the hills of Galata and slid them on greased tracks into the Golden Horn, far upriver from the chain. It just goes to show that crazy is often the only way to beat crazy.
	[[Category:Database/ACR]]		[[Category:Database/ACR]]

imported>Vatsa1708 at 07:46, 22 September 2013

2013-09-22T07:46:47Z

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	{{Edit\|Database/Locations (ACR):Great Chain\|Text=Edit this tab}}		{{Edit\|Database/Locations (ACR):Great Chain\|Text=Edit this tab}}
	[[File:The_Great_Chain_Database_image.png\|thumb\|250px~~\|left~~\|The Great Chain]]		[[File:The_Great_Chain_Database_image.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Great Chain]]
	Built some time around 1000CE, the Great Chain was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the Golden Horn, the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of Constantinople's interior.		Built some time around 1000CE, the Great Chain was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the Golden Horn, the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of Constantinople's interior.

	As low tech as this sounds, the chain performed admirably on more than a few occasions for more than 400 years, and in 1453, it so vexed the Sultan Mehmet II that he was forced to improvise an even stranger plan to circumvent the Byzantine defenses: he pulled his warships over the hills of Galata and slid them on greased tracks into the Golden Horn, far upriver from the chain. It just goes to show that crazy is often the only way to beat crazy.		As low tech as this sounds, the chain performed admirably on more than a few occasions for more than 400 years, and in 1453, it so vexed the Sultan Mehmet II that he was forced to improvise an even stranger plan to circumvent the Byzantine defenses: he pulled his warships over the hills of Galata and slid them on greased tracks into the Golden Horn, far upriver from the chain. It just goes to show that crazy is often the only way to beat crazy.
	[[Category:Database/ACR]]		[[Category:Database/ACR]]

imported>Vatsa1708: ACR

2013-09-22T07:41:33Z

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{{Edit|Database/Locations (ACR):Great Chain|Text=Edit this tab}}
[[File:The_Great_Chain_Database_image.png|thumb|250px|left|The Great Chain]]
Built some time around 1000CE, the Great Chain was an ingenious - if slightly mad - defensive measure. Anchored to two large towers and strung across the mouth of the Golden Horn, the chain's primary purpose was to prevent enemy ships from sailing up the waterway and attacking the sensitive and poorly defended ports of Constantinople's interior.

As low tech as this sounds, the chain performed admirably on more than a few occasions for more than 400 years, and in 1453, it so vexed the Sultan Mehmet II that he was forced to improvise an even stranger plan to circumvent the Byzantine defenses: he pulled his warships over the hills of Galata and slid them on greased tracks into the Golden Horn, far upriver from the chain. It just goes to show that crazy is often the only way to beat crazy.
[[Category:Database/ACR]]