Research Paper About Troy

TROY
Troy is the city of Bronz Age which is mostly known with Trojan war of ancient Greek.
In Hittite Language; Vilusa or Truvisa,
In Greek Language; Τροία, Troia or Ίλιον, İlion,
In Latin Language; Troia or Ilium
In my essay, firstly, I will give some informations about Troy,and then who lived in Troy,the archeological site of Troy, and at the end of my essay, i will give my references.
Troy is a city well-known in terms of history and legend and was situated in northwest Anatolia.And it islocated south of the southwest end of the Çanakkale Boğazı and northwest of Kaz Dağı at Hisarönü. In 1868, Heinrich Schliemann began for workings in Troy. And this german archeologist is the finder of Troy. In turkish, it is called

And it has big stone walls on its border.This layer is composed of 10 layers and site-wide is 90 square-meters, so it is really small area.This layer had destroyed due to a fire.And, also Troy I is the oldest site of the city. Troy I was founded in the first times of Bronze Age. The most important thing about Troy I is its big walls.

It is the important question that what is the reason for building this wall. We are not sure about it but we know that similar communities were building their sites which is near to Troy . One of them was Poliochne. And it was on the island of Lemnos which was seen by Trojans Maybe, Trojans started to worry about these kinds of enemies,and they built this wall.
TROY II:
This layer (c.2350-2250 B.C) displays larger buildings (40 m long), mud-brick and stone fortifications with monumental gates. Schliemann’s finds belongs to TroyII. He was calling them ‘Priam’s Treasure’.This layer was destoyed by a big fire.
This picture is from Priam’s Treasue. Troy II had population which was growing, and they were rich and wealthy.In the early Bronze Age, it was the symbol of power and a well-organized population.
TROY