The Kingdom Of Heaven

The Kingdom of Heaven
Fact from Reality In the Kingdom of Heaven, there are several things that were far from truth. For example, the longbow was not invented until the twelfth century. Also in the movie it portrayed a relationship between Balian and Sibylla. But in reality there was no relationship between them. In the movie, it seems like Israel is more mountainous. But in reality it isn’t that mountainous.
There were several things invented, mostly by China. But they were not brought to Israel until later after the crusades. The longbow was used in the movie during the crusade. In reality it wasn’t brought to Israel until the twelfth century. According to the History Channel, “In the middle of the 9th century AD, Chinese scientists who
For the time period, there was no way that they could throw that fast or be that accurate. They also threw way too far in the movie. According to the History Channel, “The largest ones could throw 300-pound rocks 300 yards, doing serious damage to whatever was in their way.” So based on that evidence the fact that they mapped out far distances with the rocks and had their trebuchets throw that great of a distance, is not true. However, the trebuchet was very similar to the catapult. The trebuchet throws things just like the catapult. The difference comes in where the trebuchet is weighted to throw, while the catapult. The History Channel also says, “Like a catapult, a trebuchet hurled a heavy projectile toward a target. However, like a seesaw, a trebuchet was a counterpoise engine: a weight at the end of one arm powered the machine’s throwing action.” In conclusion, the movie “Kingdom of Heaven.” There were many things like the invention of the longbow. Then there were things like relationships between Balian and Sibylla, that weren’t true. So the moral to all of this is basically, do not believe everything you see, hear, etc. Hollywood in this case is just trying to make the movie more entertaining for their viewers. Which in the end will make them more