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Troy

ancient Homeric-era city in northwest Asia Minor; it is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan war

9 dated entries naming Troy, drawn from 9 separate years between 2920 BCE and 1893 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Troy VIIb1 in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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30th century BC

2920 BCEc. 2920 BC: Troy is founded on this date (assuming the interpretation of Manfred Korfmann is followed).source

18th century BC

1800 BCE1800 BC – 1300 BC: Troy VI flourishes.source

13th century BC

1279 BCEc. 1279 BC—Troy VI, speculated to be the city mentioned in Homer's Iliad, is presumed to have been destroyed by Greek armies.source

12th century BC

1184 BCE1184 BC—April 24, the traditional date of the fall of Troy.source
1120 BCEc. 1120 BC—Destruction of Troy VIIb1.source

11th century BC

1020 BCEc. 1020 BC — destruction of Troy.source

1st century BC

19 BCEThe 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.source

19th century

1871October 11 – Heinrich Schliemann begins the excavation of Troy in the Ottoman Empire.source
1893Wilhelm Dörpfeld begins his excavations on the site of the ancient city of Troy.source

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Virgil (1)