In Search of the Trojan War

Name: In Search of the Trojan War
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ISBN: 9780520215993

ISBN-10: 0520215990

ISBN-13: 9780520215993

Edition: 1996 (Revised)

Authors: Michael W. Wood

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Tales of Troy and its heroes--Achilles and Hector, Paris and the legendary beauty Helen--have fired the human imagination for 3,000 years. WithIn Search of the Trojan War, Michael Wood brings vividly to life the legend and lore of the Heroic Age in an archaeological adventure that sifts through the myths and speculation to provide a fresh view of the riches and the reality of ancient Troy. This gripping story shows why the legend of Troy forms the bedrock of Western culture and why its past is a paradigm of human history. Wood's meticulous scholarly sleuthing yields fascinating evidence about the continuity and development of human civilization in the Aegean and Asia Minor. With its 50 feet…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/13/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Preface to the Updated Edition


Acknowledgements


Prologue



The Search for Troy



Heinrich Schliemann



The Coming of the Greeks



Homer: The Singer of Tales



Agamemnon's Empire



A Forgotten Empire: The Hittites and the Greeks



The Peoples of the Sea



Conclusions: The End of the Bronze Age


Postscript 1996: The Trojan War Found Again?


Bibliography


Picture Credits


Index