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Troy
Troy is a city which existed over 4000
years and known as the center of ancient civilizations. Many years,
people believed that it was the city in tales and never existed until it
was first found. At this time it was known as Ilium or New Ilium. Today
Troy or New Ilium places in Hisarlik at Canakkale . The remains of the
city - the remains from the thieves and destructors - can be visit in
here. Most of what was left is the remains of the destruction of
Schliemann, the famous archaeologist. Today an international team of
scientists brings the Troy of the Bronze Age back to life under
sponsored project by Daimler - Benz and another team is at law wars -
called as Second Trojan Wars today- with Russia and Germany to get
stolen Trojan treasures.And Trojan Golds are at Pushkin Museum
At first, Troy appared in Greek and Latin literature.
Homer first mentioned story of Troy in Iliad and Odyssey. Later it became
most popular subject in Greek drama and told its story eloborately to next
generations. The book of Virgil's Aeneid contains the best known account
of the sack of Troy. In addition, there are untrue stories under the names
of Dictys Cretensis and Dares Phrygius.
In Bronze age, Troy has a great power because of its
strategic position between Europe and Asia. In the 3rd an 2nd millennia BC,
Troy was a cultural centre. After the Trojan War, the site was apparently
abondoned from 1100 to 700 BC. About 700 BC Greek settlers began to occupy
the Troas. Troy was resettled and named Ilion. Alexander the Great ruled
over the area successively from the late 6th century BC. After Roman
captured Troy in 85 BC. , it was restored partially by Roman general Sulla.
After the occupation of Constantinople ( Istanbul ), Troy lost its
importance.
' Ilium was for a considerable period to the Heathen world,
what Jerusalem is now to the Christian, a 'sacred' city which attracted
pilgrims by the fame of its wars and its woes, and by the shadow of
ancient sanctity resposing upon it. Without abusing language, we may say
that a voice speaking from this hill, three thousand years ago sent its
utterances over the whole ancient world, as its echoes still reverberate
over the modern'
Troy (Truva) located on Hisarlik at Canakale , one of the
Turkish city in west of Turkey, the city of Dardanels, the heart of
history at the World War I - Gallipoli where Turks wrote the history at
the World War I, Gallipoli Champaign . Canakkale has been a crossing point
for armies, traders, migrating people since before history.
Charles Mclaren in 1822 found the ruins of Troy left from
Helenistic and Roman Ilion at Hisarlik, Canakkale in Turkey. The German
archiolog Heinrich Schlieman excavated Troy third times from 1870 to 1890.
His theft of treasure from Troy and his demage (destruction) to Troy will
be always rembered in Turkish archological history. Today the remains of
Troy what left from Schiemann. A new German excavator team is still
working to rebuild Troy ruins by using new advanced technologies since
1988.
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