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# Troy
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## Overview
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Troy (ancient Ilion/Ilium) was a Bronze Age city in northwestern Anatolia, famous as the setting of Homer's *Iliad*. The archaeological site at Hisarlik reveals multiple occupation layers spanning ~3000 BCE to the Roman period.
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Troy (ancient Ilion/Ilium) was a Bronze Age city in northwestern Anatolia, famous as the setting of Homer's *Iliad*. The archaeological site at Hisarlik reveals multiple occupation layers spanning ~3000 BCE to the Roman period. @t[~3000 BCE]
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## Key Facts
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- Location: Hisarlik, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
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- Period: ~3000 BCE – Roman era
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- Period: ~3000 BCE – Roman era @t[=000 BCE]
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- Excavated by: Heinrich Schliemann (1870s), Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Carl Blegen, Manfred Korfmann
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- UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998
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## Archaeological Layers
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- Troy I–V (~3000–1750 BCE): Early Bronze Age settlements
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- Troy VI (~1750–1300 BCE): Major fortified city, likely the Homeric Troy [^1]
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- Troy VIIa (~1300–1180 BCE): Destroyed by fire; candidate for the Trojan War destruction
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- Troy I–V (~3000–1750 BCE): Early Bronze Age settlements @t[3000 BCE..1750 BCE]
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- Troy VI (~1750–1300 BCE): Major fortified city, likely the Homeric Troy @t[1750 BCE..1300 BCE] [^1]
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- Troy VIIa (~1300–1180 BCE): Destroyed by fire; candidate for the Trojan War destruction @t[1300 BCE..1180 BCE]
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- Troy VIII–IX: Greek and Roman Ilion
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## The Trojan War
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- Traditionally dated ~1184 BCE (Eratosthenes' calculation)
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- Traditionally dated ~1184 BCE (Eratosthenes' calculation) @t[~1184 BCE]
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- Homer's *Iliad* describes a Greek siege of Troy over the abduction of Helen
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- Historical basis debated; may reflect Bronze Age conflicts between Mycenaeans and Anatolian powers [^2]
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