Troy-Unveiling the Ancient City's Historical Reality!
• City: Troy
• Date: 3000 BCE (real city, but mythologized).
• Time Period: Bronze Age.
• Century: 30th century BCE.
• Location: Turkey.
• Established: Around 3000 BCE.
• Reign: Centuries.
• Last Ruler: Priam (mythical).
• End of Empire: 1184 BCE (mythical fall).
• Reason for Collapse: Trojan War (legendary).
10 Facts:
1. Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s.
2. Mentioned in Homer’s epics Iliad and Odyssey.
3. Located in modern-day Turkey, near the Dardanelles.
4. Had multiple layers of settlements, dating back to 3000 BCE.
5. The city was likely destroyed and rebuilt several times.
6. Archaeologists believe Troy VII (1250 BCE) fits Homer’s Troy.
7. It was a major trading hub in the Bronze Age.
8. The war described in Iliad likely took place around 1200 BCE.
9. The famous walls of Troy were over 5 meters thick.
10. The site is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
10 Legends:
1. The Trojan Horse was used to sneak Greek warriors into the city.
2. Helen of Troy’s beauty "launched a thousand ships."
3. Achilles was nearly invincible, except for his heel.
4. Paris, prince of Troy, chose Aphrodite as the fairest goddess.
5. Hector, Troy’s greatest warrior, was slain by Achilles.
6. The war lasted ten years before Troy fell.
7. Aeneas, a Trojan hero, later founded Rome (according to legend).
8. Odysseus masterminded the Trojan Horse strategy.
9. The gods frequently interfered in the battle.
10. Priam, the Trojan king, begged Achilles for his son’s body.
10 Myths:
1. The war started because of a golden apple inscribed "for the fairest."
2. Achilles' mother dipped him in the River Styx for invincibility.
3. The walls of Troy were built by Poseidon and Apollo.
4. The gods themselves fought in the battle.
5. Hector’s body was magically preserved by Apollo.
6. Zeus controlled the fate of Troy from Mount Olympus.
7. Helen was actually taken to Egypt while a phantom of her was in Troy.
8. Paris survived the war and lived in exile.
9. The Greeks sacrificed a princess to ensure safe sailing home.
10. Troy was cursed by the gods before its fall.
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• City: Troy
• Date: 3000 BCE (real city, but mythologized).
• Time Period: Bronze Age.
• Century: 30th century BCE.
• Location: Turkey.
• Established: Around 3000 BCE.
• Reign: Centuries.
• Last Ruler: Priam (mythical).
• End of Empire: 1184 BCE (mythical fall).
• Reason for Collapse: Trojan War (legendary).
10 Facts:
1. Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s.
2. Mentioned in Homer’s epics Iliad and Odyssey.
3. Located in modern-day Turkey, near the Dardanelles.
4. Had multiple layers of settlements, dating back to 3000 BCE.
5. The city was likely destroyed and rebuilt several times.
6. Archaeologists believe Troy VII (1250 BCE) fits Homer’s Troy.
7. It was a major trading hub in the Bronze Age.
8. The war described in Iliad likely took place around 1200 BCE.
9. The famous walls of Troy were over 5 meters thick.
10. The site is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
10 Legends:
1. The Trojan Horse was used to sneak Greek warriors into the city.
2. Helen of Troy’s beauty "launched a thousand ships."
3. Achilles was nearly invincible, except for his heel.
4. Paris, prince of Troy, chose Aphrodite as the fairest goddess.
5. Hector, Troy’s greatest warrior, was slain by Achilles.
6. The war lasted ten years before Troy fell.
7. Aeneas, a Trojan hero, later founded Rome (according to legend).
8. Odysseus masterminded the Trojan Horse strategy.
9. The gods frequently interfered in the battle.
10. Priam, the Trojan king, begged Achilles for his son’s body.
10 Myths:
1. The war started because of a golden apple inscribed "for the fairest."
2. Achilles' mother dipped him in the River Styx for invincibility.
3. The walls of Troy were built by Poseidon and Apollo.
4. The gods themselves fought in the battle.
5. Hector’s body was magically preserved by Apollo.
6. Zeus controlled the fate of Troy from Mount Olympus.
7. Helen was actually taken to Egypt while a phantom of her was in Troy.
8. Paris survived the war and lived in exile.
9. The Greeks sacrificed a princess to ensure safe sailing home.
10. Troy was cursed by the gods before its fall.
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