What legendary ancient city in Asia Minor was besieged for ten years by a Greek coalition and destroyed in the Trojan War, as celebrated in Homer's epic poem the 'Iliad'?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Troy (Ilium / Hisarlik)
- Step 1: Situated at Hisarlik near the Dardanelles in northwestern Turkey, the site was excavated in the 1870s by German amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann.
- Step 2: Archaeological analysis revealed nine successive superimposed layers of habitation spanning 3,000 years, with Troy VI and VII displaying extensive fire and warfare destruction consistent with late Bronze Age conflict.
Answer
Troy (Ilium / Hisarlik)
Why not the others: 'Mycenae' Mycenae was the Bronze Age palace citadel of King Agamemnon in the Peloponnese of Greece, from which the Greek fleet departed; 'Ephesus' Ephesus was a major Ionian coastal city famous for the Temple of Artemis, founded centuries after the Bronze Age war; 'Halicarnassus' Halicarnassus was a Carian city famous for the Mausoleum of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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