Mycenae key site 2

• What was the original myth of the walls of Troy?

  built by Apollo and Poseidon as a punishment from Zeus
• What is the oldest settlement of Troy called and where does this date back to?

  - Troy I

  - dates back to 3000BC
• In what period did the Mycenaean period at Troy occur, and what were these Troys called?


  -Troy VIandTroy VIIa- 1900- 950BC
• Evidence


  forTroy VIbeing the site of Homer´s Troy [5]Evidence:Purpose:- it wasdestroyedaround1250BC>> thetrojan warwas thought to have started around1200BC

  - It seems to have been arich citywith numerouslarge houses>> troy is described asextravagantbyHomer, withlarge apartmentsandwealthy houses

  - its stone walls were over7m high>> links back to thestrong walls of Troyreferenced in theIliad

  - the walls seem to have hadtowers>> thescaean gateis where manyscenes in the Iliadtook place and had huge towers rising from it

  - it extended over quite a large area with a suggestedpopulation of 10,000>> in theIliad, there is a sense there is abusy citywithin the walls
• Evidence


  againstTroy VIbeing the site of Homer´s Troy [1]Evidence:Significance:- archaeologists believe it was destroyed by anearthquake>>The Aeneiddescribes Troy being destroyed in afire
• What was Troy VI succeeded by?

  How long did this settlement exist for?

  Troy VIIa

  only existed for 30-40 years
• Evidence


  forTroy VIIabeing the site of Homer´s Troy [6]Evidence:Significance:- It hadlarge towers>> thescaean gateis where manyscenes in the Iliadtook place and had huge towers rising from it

  - it hadsingle-storey houses, which were relativelycrowdedtogether and built in ashort period>> lots of people came within the walls whilst Troy was being beseiged socheap, emergency housingwas made

  -storage jarswere sunk deep into the ground>> tostore foodto hold out during theseige

  - it was destroyed by alarge fire>> inThe Aeneid, Troy is destroyed by afire

  - partialunburied human remainsof individuals have been found>> Troy was attacked by the Greeks, and bodies, likePriam´s,were leftunburied

  -three bronze arrowheadshave been found>> evidence ofwarefare
• Evidence


  againstTroy VIIabeing the site of Homer´s Troy [2]Evidence:Significance:- the houses werecrammed together>> contradictsHomer´s descriptionof Troy being big andwealthy

  - thesunken jarsmight not indicate a siege>> may be due to alack of space
• Background to the excavation of Troy

  1. Who was Troy excavated by?2. When was Troy first excavated?3. What was found?4. What were the issues with this excavation?1. Heinrich Schliemann2. 19th century3. schliemann discovered awalled cityandtreasurewhich he named´Priam´s treasure´

  4. - other evidence from the site suggests the treasure came fromover 1000 years earlier- schliemann causedsignificant damageto the site as the excavation was donequicklyand withrough methods- schliemann did not keepdetailed recordsnormap his finds
• What kingdom was troy part of?

  The Hittites
• Evidence of Troy from the writings of the Hittites

  - some of their writings refer to a place to the west of the kingdom called Ahhiyawa

  >> this perhaps sounds like Achaea, one of the words for Greece

  
  

  - the Hittite word for Troy is Wilusia

  >> similar to the Greek word for Troy, Ilion
• How was Troy built?

  each civilisation built over the previous city
• How many periods of settlement of Troy have archaeologists come across?

  9