ancient troy map Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/ancient-troy-map Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Troy in History & Today http://travelsfinders.com/troy-in-history-today.html http://travelsfinders.com/troy-in-history-today.html#respond Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:39:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=244996 Troy enjoyed a commanding position. Although today alluvial deposits from the River Karamenderes Qayi mean the coastline has moved almost 6 km away, in the early Bronze Age Troy was by the sea. Sited near a wide, shallow bay just south of the entrance to the Dardanelles, it controlled the shipping lane between the Aegean and the Black Sea. Moreover, brisk westerly winds meant that sailing ships could voyage east along the Dardanelles only by rowing, but even this was difficult. The west-flowing current runs at up to 3 knots, so to maintain headway oarsmen needed to achieve a constant

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