Troy
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The waws o the acropolis alang tae Troy VII, which is identified as the steid o the Trojan War (c. 1200 BC).
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| Location | Tevfikiye, Çanakkale Province, Turkey |
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| Region | Troad |
| Coordinates | 39°57′27″N 26°14′20″E / 39.95750°N 26.23889°ECoordinates: 39°57′27″N 26°14′20″E / 39.95750°N 26.23889°E |
| Teep | Settlement |
| History | |
| Foondit | 3000 BC |
| Abandoned | 500 AD |
| Periods | Early Bronze Age tae Byzantine Empire |
| Site notes | |
| Wabsteid | Troia Archaeological Site |
| Offeecial name | Airchaeological Steid o Troy |
| Teep | Cultural |
| Criterie | ii, iii, vi |
| Designatit | 1998 (22nt session) |
| Reference no. | 849 |
| Region | Europe an North Americae |
Troy (Auncient Greek: Ἴλιον, Ilion, or Ἴλιος, Ilios; an Τροία, Troia; Laitin: Trōia an Īlium;[note 1] Hittite: Wilusa or Truwisa;[1][2] Turkis: Truva) wis a ceety situatit in whit is kent frae Clessical soorces as Asie Minor, nou northwast Anatolie in modren Turkey, locatit sooth o the soothwest end o the Dardanelles/Hellespont an northwast o Moont Ida at Hisarlık.
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Korfmann, Manfred O. (2007). Winkler, Martin M, ed. Troy: From Home's Iliad to Hollywood Epic. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing Limited. p. 25. ISBN 1-4051-3183-7.
Troy or Ilios (or Wilios) is most probably identical with Wilusa or Truwisa...mentioned in the Hittite sources
- ↑ Burney, Charles (2004). "Wilusa". Historical dictionary of the Hittites. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press. p. 311. ISBN 0-8108-4936-4.
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