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If the illustration should show Constantinople in the period the book deals with, it is off by many centuries. Windmills were a development of the 12th century.
by Archelaos 5y ago
If the illustration should show Constantinople in the period the book deals with, it is off by many centuries. Windmills were a development of the 12th century. It is like placing a knight on a motorbike instead of a horse.
- somedude895 5y ago> It is like placing a knight on a motorbike instead of a horse. I just wondered if in a thousand years the lines of the different eras will become irrelevant enough that this could be a representation of the olden times. There would be plenty of photographic evidence proving that people on motorbikes never wore knight's armor, but it's possible that detail isn't important in that context.
- Archelaos 5y ago> There would be plenty of photographic evidence proving that people on motorbikes never wore knight's armor Really? -- See: https://data8.lustich.de/bilder/l/14804-ritter-auf-motorrad.jpg https://data8.lustich.de/bilder/l/14804-ritter-auf-motorrad....
- webmaven 5y ago> I just wondered if in a thousand years the lines of the different eras will become irrelevant enough that this could be a representation of the olden times. Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/771/ https://xkcd.com/771/