7 Levels of Troy Troy was founded about 3000 B.C. and continued until 400 A.D. This city contains 9 culture strata. Troy I 3000-2500 B.C. Troy II 2500-2300 B.C. Troy III 2300-2200 B.C. Troy IV 2200-2100 B.C. Troy V 2100-1900 B.C. Troy VI 1900-1300 B.C. Troy VIIa 1300-1200 B.C. - TROY OF ILLIAD Troy Vllb1 1200-1100 B.C. Troy Vllb2 1100-900 B.C. Troy VIII 900-350 B.C. Troy IX 350 …
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…a catastrophe around 1200 B.C. KORFMANN FOUND: * Arrowheads - Close range fighting * Slingshots - If defenders won the battle they would have been given to shepherds fact that they were chucked away meant attackers saw no need in taking them back with them. * Hence he believes that Troy lost the battle: * "It was a city that was besieged. It was a city that defended itself. They lost the war and were obviously defeated" - Korfmann