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Article: ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF TROJAN WAR.(Capital Region)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 22, 1993
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Byline: THOMAS H. MAUGH II Los Angeles Times
Archaeologists have uncovered strong evidence that the Trojan War described by the poet Homer in the "Iliad," one of the first and most important books in Western literature, actually occurred.
The research also shows that Troy and its successors had a unique strategic importance in the ancient world because they dominated a major trade route through the Dardanelles and thereby obtained unprecedented wealth and power.
The findings indicate that ancient Troy was much larger than previously believed and may have been the largest city of its era, which stretched from 1700 B.C. to about 1250 B.C.
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