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Troy (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 57 25 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.9570 decimal degrees |
| Long: 026 14 20 E degrees minutes |
Long: 26.2390 decimal degrees |
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Note: Hisarlık is believed to be the site of the Troy of Homer's Iliad. The settlement began as an Early Bronze Age citadel in the 3rd mill. BCE. Excavations reveal that several battles took place here, one apparently destroying the city ca. 1180 BCE, perhaps forming part of the cultural memory that was set down in the Iliad ca. 700 BCE. Shortly after the event of 1180 BCE, it was probably resettled by a population from the eastern Balkans. Greeks began moving into the area around Troy ca. 700 BCE. It was later ruled successively by Persia, Alexander the Great, Seleucid dynasty, Pergamum kingdom and Rome. It was finally a Byzantine settlement, and ultimately abandoned ca. 1350 CE. |
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| Hisarlık (preferred,C,V)
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| Hissarlik (C,V)
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............ | Turkish for the mound long known to house remains of ancient Ilion; identified as Troy by Charles McLaren 1822 |
| Hisarlik (C,V)
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| Troy (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | ancient |
| Troya (C,O)
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| Troia (C,O)
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............ | ancient Greek & Latin name; also is modern Italian name |
| Troja (C,O)
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............ | ancient Latin name; is also modern German name |
| Troie (C,O)
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| Truva (C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Truva (Turkish (transliterated),U,N)
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| Troe (C,O)
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............ | ancient Greek |
| Wilios (C,V)
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............ | Late Bronze Age Greek name for the place |
| Wilusa (C,V)
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............ | Late Bronze Age Hittite name for the place |
| Truvaharabesi (C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Ilion (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | after Greek reoccupation, ca. 700 BC |
| Ilios (H,V)
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............ | name used in the Iliad |
| Ilium (H,O)
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............ | ancient Latin |
| Illion (H,O)
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| Illium (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Troy (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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occupied from Neolithic Age |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Neandria .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Turkey, Çanakkale) [7016610] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[BHA, GRLPSC, VP] |
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ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995) |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 949 |
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Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) 572 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1511 |
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Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 453 |
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Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1990) 1061 |
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Columbia Encyclopedia (1975) |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 948; XI, 948-949 |
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Fodor's: Turkey (2004) accessed 3 May 2004 |
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GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8597 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -773703 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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Petit Robert II, Noms (1989) |
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Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) |
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Trojan War, Archaeology (2004) 39; 37 |
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USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers |
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