OT - Size of medieval capitals

[Puke]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
In other words, the typical medieval capital would take only an hour or two to walk accross?

That sounds to small. Anyway, gotta go.

I can walk across the significant (and some of the non-significant) parts of San Francisco in about an hour.

[Puke]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

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Originally posted by Roanon:
Or just search their database or the webring, download a suitable map and pass it as your own

Aah...No.

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why not, you're not publishing the thing for money, people shared their designs with the intention of them being used.

and i dont think many, if any, western european cities had sewers. at least not enclosed ones.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Puke:
and i dont think many, if any, western european cities had sewers. at least not enclosed ones.

Actually, many of the cities in the Roman Empire had fairly modern sewer systems, so it wouldn't be that suprising if those were still being used after the empire fell.

[Sefter Aruna]

You know as long as you are talking about that time period maybe you could help me get some pics. I need solders, all classes. Working on a mod for SEIV.

(To respond please go to "new mod idea!")

[ May 20, 2004, 18:35: Message edited by: Sefter Aruna ]

[Roanon]

The knwoledge about a good sewer system was lost in the dark age, as several other comforts that we consider to be modern.

Most sewer systems fell into disrepair some time after the fall of the Roman empire and were never repaired. Christian church and its inquisition ruled and nobody dared to be too modern or inventive. Letting the sewage flow freely into rivers and lakes was common, and middle-age citys usually radiated a penetrating stench so that you could smell any city before you could see it.

The contaminated water often caused mass diseases like cholera and thypus when a city grew too much, keeping the cities small. And it led to the (in these times partially correct) opinion that water was generally unhealty, leading to the noble's habit to use powder and perfume rather than washing with water.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Kamog:
It's amazing how much the world's population has grown over the Last few centuries! Those medieval capitals don't sound very big at all...

Rome (the city) was over 1 million at its height in the old days of the Empire. So was the capital of the Han dynasty in China. Many cities had populations in the 100 thousands during the height of various empires. The Dark Ages in Europe were a period of great decline, including population levels. Same with all the other Dark Ages throughout history.