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ZURICH, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — At the time of the Trojan War, around 1200 BC. C. , western Turkey was covered by a dense network of well-established agreements. This is one of the main effects of an in-depth research that began twelve years ago and is published today. A team of Swiss and Turkish archaeologists evaluated the effects of 33 excavations and 30 archaeological studies in western Turkey and, on this basis, learned about 477 giant sites of the agreement that were inhabited at least between 2000 and 1000 BCE, and in some cases up to 5,000 years ago.
The study by Eberhard Zangger, Alper Aşınmaz and Serdal Mutlu shows that a tightly woven network of ancient Bronze Age settlements exploited the natural resources of western Turkey, a region that until now was considered a cultural no-man’s land. An initial study in 2016 proposed the so-called “Luwian culture” for the population among the well-studied Mycenaeans in southern Greece and the Hittites in Central Asia Minor.
Using a geographic data formula (GIS) and taking into account 30 physio-geographic points, the scientists were able to figure out which sites other people liked for their location. The most important points were the proximity of drinking water and fertile agricultural land. Brief distances to possible shipping lanes also played a role. In contrast, mineral deposits, which were abundant in the region, had no influence on the patterns of agreements.
The study also provides arguments for identifying the so-called sea peoples, a motley band of thieves who attacked the coastal cities of the eastern Mediterranean after 1200 BC. letter from a Cypriot admiral. The navarch, while patrolling near the island of Samos in the southern Aegean Sea, encountered a giant fleet of Troy. From a protective port, he sent the letter asking for reinforcements. Therefore, the hitherto mysterious sea peoples turned out to be a transient army alliance of small states of western Anatolia.
Source: Eberhard Zangger, Alper Aşınmaz and Serdal Mutlu (2022): “Middle and Late Bronze Age of Western Asia Minor: A State Report”. and Jorrit Kelder, Archaeolingua Series Minor 45, 39–180. Archéolingua, Budapest. ISBN 978-615-5766-54-1.
Contact: Eberhard Zangger, Luwian Studies, e. zangger@luwianstudies. org, tel. 41 44 250 90
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