WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient city of Troy was located along the northwest coast of Asia Minor, in what is now Turkey. It occupied a strategic position on the Dardanelles, a narrow water channel that connects the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea, via the Sea of Marmara.

Detailed explanation-2: -The site of Troy, in the northwest corner of modern-day Turkey, was first settled in the Early Bronze Age, from around 3000 BC. Over the four thousand years of its existence, countless generations have lived at Troy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The city of Troy, which existed over 4000 years, is known as the center of ancient civilizations. For many years, it was believed that the city was only in stories until it was found. It is also called Ilion or, in Latin, Ilium and is the site, almost universally accepted as the mound now named Hissarlik, in Turkey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Troy (in ancient Greek, or Ilios), was located in western Turkey – not far from the modern city of Canakkale (better known as Gallipoli), at the mouth of the Dardarnelles strait.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dardanus’s grandson was named Tros. He inherited the kingdom and named it ‘Troy’ after himself. The inhabitants of the Troad – the descendants of Teucer and his Cretan companions, as well as the descendants of Dardanus – thus came to be known as Trojans. However, the actual city of Troy had not yet been built.