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Mycenae, more support that Homer's Troy was Troy V11a - Coggle Diagram
Mycenae
Mycenae
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sally ports - one north and one south. of the city. secret passages where defenders can run out and attack enemy. HOWEVER, visible from distance and only 2.5m wide so might not have been an effective defensive measure
underground cistern - underground tank used to store wate. underground so people could still get water when under attack. collected water through a series of clay pipes in the roof, with water coming from the natural spring
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cyclopean walls - 12m high, made of limestone and follow contours of hills (easier to build)
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LION GATE - main entrance to city, made of conglomerate, main slab 20 tonnes
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symbol of lions - macho, showed power of city
tiryns
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characteristics - strong defensive walls (8m high, 13m thick), famous for its palace, throne room and galleries. tiryns is slightly older than Mycenae
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Troy V11a
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single storey houses, which were relatively crowded together and. built in a. short period (emergency housing for trojans when. greeks were attacking city?)
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HOWEVER, houses were crammed together - suggests city was not rich, and sunken jars might not indicate siege, but simply a lack of space that people had to store food
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Troy V1
extended over large area. with population of 10,000, which could indicate it was the "thriving" city mentioned in the Iliad
HOWEVER, archeologists believe it was destroyed by earthquake, NOT THE FIRE in the Iliad
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destroyed around 1250BC, with trojan war dated to 1200 BC
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