E:25/01 The Trojan War (MERGED)

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Available: 3rd January 2008
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Based on the latest archaeological research, The Trojan War tells the true story of the most famous battle in history. It is every bit as compelling as Homer’s epic account – and confirms many of its details.

The Iliad and The Odyssey are cornerstones of Western literature. But did the war they describe really happen? Spectacular new archaeological evidence suggests that it did. Recent excavations and newly translated texts reveal that Troy was a large, wealthy city allied with the Hittite Empire.

Located at the strategic entrance to the Dardanelles, the link between the Aegean and Black Sea, it was a tempting target for marauding Greeks, the Vikings of the Bronze Age. The war may have been the inevitable consequence of expanding Greek maritime commerce. Troy was destroyed by fire between 1200 and 1180 BC, but large piles of sling stones, arrowheads and spearheads (not to mention skeletons that had been hacked by swords) suggest that it had prepared for a siege, and may have suffered a sudden conquest.

In the end, some ploy allowed the Greeks to breach its walls – could it indeed have been the Trojan Horse that has been listed throughout history? In The Trojan War, master storyteller Barry Strauss puts this legend into its historical context, without losing any of its poetry and grandeur.

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Based on the latest archaeological research, The Trojan War tells the true story of the most famous battle in history. It is every bit as compelling as Homer’s epic account – and confirms many of its details.

The Iliad and The Odyssey are cornerstones of Western literature. But did the war they describe really happen? Spectacular new archaeological evidence suggests that it did. Recent excavations and newly translated texts reveal that Troy was a large, wealthy city allied with the Hittite Empire.

Located at the strategic entrance to the Dardanelles, the link between the Aegean and Black Sea, it was a tempting target for marauding Greeks, the Vikings of the Bronze Age. The war may have been the inevitable consequence of expanding Greek maritime commerce. Troy was destroyed by fire between 1200 and 1180 BC, but large piles of sling stones, arrowheads and spearheads (not to mention skeletons that had been hacked by swords) suggest that it had prepared for a siege, and may have suffered a sudden conquest.

In the end, some ploy allowed the Greeks to breach its walls – could it indeed have been the Trojan Horse that has been listed throughout history? In The Trojan War, master storyteller Barry Strauss puts this legend into its historical context, without losing any of its poetry and grandeur.
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ShimSham

Is this comp the same as this one?

flamingice

Oh dear, looks like it is, that's strange, I searched as many ways as I could and couldn't find it.
I don't know how to send a merge request though.

elver_man

Dont know if anyone has sent a merge request - so i have just sent one