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Troy (Ilium) Ancient city at what is now Hissarlik, Turkey, familiar chiefly through Homer's Iliad. Archaeological excavation, begun by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s, suggests that the legend of the Trojan War may be based on an actual episode. Nine cities have been detected in the archaeological strata, dating from c.3000 bc and reaching a peak in Troy VI (c.1800–1300 bc). Troy VI was ruined by an earthquake. Its successor, Troy VIIA, was destroyed, apparently by enemy attack, c.1200 bc, close to the legendary date of the fall of Troy.

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