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whereas the position of Troy was of vital importance for the control of sea traffic between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara |
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whereby the war was ended through the trick o the Wooden Horse |
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while, according to others, Troy was destroyed by fire |
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so that, in the late 3rd millennium B.C., Troy became a prosperous trading centre |
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where Achilles is the major hero of the Greeks, and Hector of the Trojans |