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What is the country that attracts tourists to its ancient cities of Timbuktu and Gao?
Mali
Which concert in 2005 took place in ten cities?
The Live 8 concert took place in ten cities on July 2nd 2005.
What do you call cities far distances from each other?
You don't have a name for cities that are far away, because they don't even know each other.
What two cities were linked by the Orient Express?
Paris and Istanbul were the endpoints of the route, but there were many other cities along the way, including Munich, Vienna and Budapest.
What TV shows have cities in their name?
Boston Public
How are Troy and Atlantis related?
Troy and Atlantis were both thought of as legendary cities, until Troy was discovered in 1871 by Heinrich Schliemann. Atlantis remains a mystery to this day.
Troy - Did it really exist?
In 1871-73 and 1878/9 AD/ CE, Heinrich Schliemann excavated in the vicinity of Hisarlik, a village of the area which was part of the Ottonam Empire at the time, 10 cities one on top of the other since the dawn of the Bronze Age circa 3000 BCE where he found the Treasure of King Priam of Troy and of course Mycenae in Greece [1874 AD/ CE] which verifies that what was considered a fairy tale is pure history.
What evidence revealed troy's existence?
Based on the epic poem of the ancient Greek poet Homer - Iliad, Heinrich Schliemann conducted a research and excavations that brought to surface nine cities out of which has been determined to be the city of Troy described in the epic poem. There were two campaigns at 1871-1873 AD/ CE and 1878 - 1879 AD/ CE and the factor was the Priams treasure found in the place
What archaeological discovery important from the story the lliad and the odyssey?
Heinrich Schliemann's excavations at Hissarlik at the end of the nineteenth century revealed a series of late bronze-age cities approximately on the site where Troy had always assumed to have stood. There is ongoing debate about which of these cities was the actual Troy (several of them had been destroyed by military action) - but nobody seriously argues that Troy was mythical anymore.
Why were Heinrich and Sophia Schliemann important to history?
Prior to the archaeological investigations performed by Schliemann, it was generally believed by scholars that the story of the Trojan War, as described by Homer, was entirely mythical, and that there had never been a city called Troy, or a war fought against Troy by other Greek cities. As it turns out, the Trojan War turned out to be real, although it is still true that Homer's description of it is highly embellished with elements of fantasy.
Locations of Mycenae compared to the other major cities?
This would be a description question. But I got, Mycenaean is the major city, comparing to other cities is 3 other major cities.
What Location of Mycenae compared to the other major cities?
This would be a description question. But I got, Mycenaean is the major city, comparing to other cities is 3 other major cities.
Why did ancient Maya go to ancient cities?
Why did ancient Maya go to ancient cities
What countries were at war during the Trojan war?
Cities were countries in those days. Some Greek cities under the command of the King of Mycenae attacked the city of Troy.
What city's are in Ancient Greece?
In Ancient Greece there were city states that had a variety of political systems like democratic [Athens at Classical Era], oligarchy [Thebes], monarchy [Sparta, Macedonia, Epirus, Thrace etc..]
How many major ancient Egyptian cities were there?
There were 67 cities located in Ancient Egypt.
When was Great Cities of the Ancient World created?
Great Cities of the Ancient World was created in 1972.
