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Originally Posted by Sexybeast wat.......
how the h**l greek guys can support a war so far for so many years during that time.......quiet amazing if troy is really in britain |
Sure is amazing.
Apparently the war was not over Helen. But the control of the English Channel and North Sea. Control effectively meant control of the Tin trade. The only remaining productive Tin mines of the time were in England. And of course they needed Tin to make Bronze. Large civilisations (such as Egypt) could afford to buy it, but the Celts living in Gaul (Cessar named the area Gaul - roughly todays France) could not afford to buy large quantities of it. There only trade items were simple home made goods.
So Agememnon gathers a massive army (apparently 10 years in the making) and invades Troy.
The Author of the book 'Where Troy Once Stood' (Imam Wilkens) has a very interesting theory of the Trojan horse. Even if you believe the Greeks faught the Trojan war, his theory is still well worth reading.