During Ottoman Turkish rule, the door was made even smaller to prevent people driving vehicles from entering the church.
在奥斯曼土耳其统治时期,这扇门被改得更小,以防止有人驾车进入教堂。
超级大国的兴衰
The Byzantines had carried on Roman traditions for centuries but by 1000AD they were losing territory rapidly to the rising Ottoman Turkish Empire, but that was not their only problem.