Fall of Troy Marks End of Trojan War
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece, Trojan War
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Turkey
- Date: c. 1250
Article abstract: The Mycenaean-Greek invaders defeated and almost completely destroyed Troy; their victory became a symbol of Greek dominance over Asia.
Summary of Event
Knowledge about the legendary Trojan War is based primarily on the Greek Homer’s poetic works, with supplementary information obtained from later writers. It is thought that Homer lived in the eighth century b.c.e., which means that he was writing about a war that occurred about five hundred years before his time. Homer relied entirely on legends that had been transmitted orally...
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