The Trojan War(s)

The tour guide we had yesterday at Troy made an interesting point.

Evidence from earlier strata at the Troy site suggests that battles were fought there much earlier than Priam’s time. Likely for the same reason: control of the waterway of the Dardanelles.

In fact, the battle Homer wrote about wasn’t even the last for this reason. The first world war’s battle of Gallipoli was also fought over control of the Dardanelles. Completely different belligerents, but a modern “Trojan War”, nonetheless.

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  1. antiliasback said: Interesting, I thought the Trojan War was the name of it, not just the site.
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