Troy

Troy was a state in Anatolia (Middle East) that lasted from c. 3000 to 1180 BCE, about 1,820 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Fortified citadel guarding the Dardanelles, rebuilt in nine layers. Troy VI and VIIa, probably the Wilusa of Hittite texts, were destroyed around 1180 BCE, the event Greek epic remembered.

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Facts

Dates: c. 3000 to 1180 BCE
Duration: 1,820 years
Type: State
Region: Anatolia, Middle East
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered
Capital: Troy (Hisarlik)

Events in Middle East during its time

2334 BCE Sargon founds the Akkadian Empire
2004 BCE Elamites sack Ur
1754 BCE Code of Hammurabi
1595 BCE Hittites sack Babylon
1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh

Neighbours in Middle East

Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE
Ebla c. 3000 to 1600 BCE
Old Elamite period c. 2700 to 1500 BCE
Mari c. 2900 to 1761 BCE
Phoenician city-states c. 1200 to 332 BCE
Middle Assyrian Empire 1365 to 912 BCE
Kassite Babylonia c. 1595 to 1155 BCE
Middle Elamite period c. 1500 to 1100 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa

Questions

When did Troy exist?

c. 3000 to 1180 BCE, about 1,820 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Troy?

Anatolia, in Middle East. Its capital was Troy (Hisarlik).

What language did Troy speak?

Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.