Troy is a unique symbol of the cultural fusion of the people of Anatolia,
the Balkans and the people of the Aegean Sea, with human settlement dating back to the Bronze Age or 3000 BC.
Troy has been repeatedly destroy and rebuilt throughout its turbulent history.
The ruins of another city were also found at a site belong to the Roman Empire.
but it gradually lost its importance, and became uninhabited after the construction of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul).

History of the city of Troy

The main city of Troy, locate in Turkey, was built in 3000 BC as a small castle, and throughout historical texts,
the beautiful decorations of the southern gate of the city were mention several times,
but these works were destroy in 2500 BC in a massive fire until the new city was built on wide hill.
The houses of ordinary people in this city were built of mud and the rich had houses of stone, but this city,
known as the second Troy, was destroy in 2300 BC in another fire.
Between 2300 and 1700 BC, the fourth and fifth stamps were built,
and not many are find in the third and fourth periods. Although the seventh city of Troy was occupied by the Romans in 85 BC,
most archaeological finds in the region date from this period.
It is one of the greatest wars in Greek mythology. It is an epic describ
by the Greek poet Homer in the Book of Elijah in the 12th and 14th centuries BC.

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The story of the wooden horse

Troy fell after ten years of a futile battle, using a huge wooden horse as a ruse to open the impenetrable city gate.
According to ancient Greek myths, the son of the king of Troy stole Helen,
the wife of the brother of the king of Greece (Agamemnon),
after he fell in love with her and fled with her to his homeland,
and then to the king of Greece. He waged war on Troy, but the city walls were so strong that nothing was done.
The city of Troy had been under siege by Greek forces for nine years,
and one of the best Greek soldiers was Achilles,
who devised a plan to break through the walls of the city of Troy by building
a huge wooden horse and hiding inside it.
Usually building the city of Troy in Türkiye
Reports from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism indicate that the ministry has a coordinated plan
to present the city as a historical gem inside and outside Turkey.

Turkey intends to take serious steps to boost the tourism industry,
especially after the historic city of Troy was includ in the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

It is worth noting that the city of Troy is located south of the Dardanelles
Strait in the northwest region in the city of Çanakkale.
Overlooking the coastal plain of the Aegean Sea,
it is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world with a history dating back 4,000 years.