CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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Athens
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Sparta
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Troy
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Knossos
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Corinth
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Detailed explanation-1: -Huge publicity surrounded Schliemann’s finds. He announced to the world that in what is now called Troy II he had found the city of mythical King Priam and the Troy of the Trojan War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Using various clues in Homer’s epic “Iliad” poem, Schliemann eventually found what he had been searching for hiding under a hill in Hisarlik, in what is now northwestern Turkey. The discovery was difficult to precisely map due to the long history of the city’s settlement.
Detailed explanation-3: -When German businessman Heinrich Schliemann discovered a cache of ancient artifacts in the place now known as Hisarlik, Turkey, in 1873, he was quick to identify the gold jewelry, silver vases and other precious objects as the treasure of Priam, the legendary king of Troy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Troy is located on the mound of Hisarlık, which overlooks the plain along the Turkish Aegean coast, 4.8 km from the southern entrance to the Dardanelles.