{"slug": "troy", "label": "Troy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22647", "qid": "Q22647", "description": "ancient Homeric-era city in northwest Asia Minor; it is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan war", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-2919, 1871], "span_label": ["2920 BCE", "1871 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "virgil", "label": "Virgil", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -2919, "year_label": "2920 BCE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "c. 2920 BC: Troy is founded on this date (assuming the interpretation of Manfred Korfmann is followed).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371895853#Events", "title": "30th century BC", "revid": 1371895853, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1799, "year_label": "1800 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "1800 BC – 1300 BC: Troy VI flourishes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1278, "year_label": "1279 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "c. 1279 BC—Troy VI, speculated to be the city mentioned in Homer's Iliad, is presumed to have been destroyed by Greek armies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367534563#Events_and_trends", "title": "1270s BC", "revid": 1367534563, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1183, "year_label": "1184 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1184 BC—April 24, the traditional date of the fall of Troy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151249#Events_and_trends", "title": "1180s BC", "revid": 1307151249, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1019, "year_label": "1020 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "c. 1020 BC — destruction of Troy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1309226787#Events_and_trends", "title": "1020s BC", "revid": 1309226787, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -18, "year_label": "19 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil is published after his death. The Aeneid is an epic poem in 12 books that tells the story of the foundation of Rome from the ashes of Troy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371877599#Roman_Empire", "title": "19 BC", "revid": 1371877599, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – Heinrich Schliemann begins the excavation of Troy in the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649173#October–December", "title": "1871", "revid": 1368649173, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}