Troy
The Ancients
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The History of Troy
The western coast of Asia Minor has always been a liminal area looking and negotiating with east and west while choosing to be identified exclusively with neither one. A lot of these vassal states in western Asia Minor were alternately allied with the Hittites or with the Achaians during this period from 1400 to 1200. And so it's really not surprising that we have a ruler of Troy in the early 13th century with a Greek name.
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