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Troy

Also known as Ilion, Ilium, Hisarlik

Troy, known to the Greeks as Ilion, was an ancient city at Hisarlik in north-western Anatolia, near the entrance to the Dardanelles. Inhabited from about 3000 BCE into the Roman period, it is famous as the setting of the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad, and its layers were excavated by Heinrich Schliemann from 1870. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Troy
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Mentioned in 7 state histories

AhhiyawaAssuwaWilusaDauniansAegiumOpuntian LocrisKingdom of Paeonia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Troy. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/troy
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