Abstract:

In pre-modern societies there are two basic military methods for border defense. First, the defense is made through the castles or walls where the ready troops are spoken. The second is the defence made with the troops that have land in the border areas. These territories are usually granted by the central governments in exchange for the border defense and participation in other flights. The first method can be shown as an example of the measures taken by forces such as Rome and China at the borders. For the second method, the acritai method by the Byzantine on the eastern border can be shown as an example of the end-behavior method in the Turks. In the Middle Ages, there were fighters in the border areas, which, due to unemployment and economic difficulties, provided their survival with the gifts they obtained from wars. The rulers tried to take these battle groups back, sometimes as paid soldiers when they were needed, and sometimes by attracting them. At the Ottoman-Byzant end, these battle groups formed the Gazians fighting for Gaza, while at the Byzantine side they formed the Akritaians.

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