The Historical Background of the Trojan War (Total War: Troy)
In this video, I cover the historical background of the Trojan War. I also demonstrate how The Creative Assembly can effectively utilize historical data from civilizations such as the Hittites and their neighbors to reconstruct Bronze Age Greece and Western Asia Minor in a way that is appropriate for a historical entry in the Total War series.
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Image Sources
Mycenean Greece
By User:Alexikoua, User:Panthera tigris tigris, TL User:Reedside - Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, τ. Α' χάρτες σε σελ. 263-265, σελ. 290, 292-293 (επίσης [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Linear B Tablet
By Sharon Mollerus - originally posted to Flickr as How Cool Is Writing?, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Linear A Tablet
By Olaf Tausch - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Phaistos Disc
By C messier - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Anitta Text
http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/...
Old Hittite Empire
CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Amarna Letter
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Detailed Map of Asia Minor
By Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg: Sémhurderivative work: Al-qamar - This file was derived from: Near East topographic map-blank.svg:, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Luwians
By Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg: Sémhurderivative work: Al-qamar - This file was derived from: Near East topographic map-blank.svg:, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Luwian Hieroglyphs
http://i-cias.com/e.o/luwian_l.htm
Map of Ahhiyawa
By Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg: Sémhurderivative work: Ikonact - Near East topographic map-blank.svg for the background mapThis map for the information, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Puduhepa
By Firaktin2Kayseri.jpg: Klaus-Peter Simonderivative work: Zunkir (talk) - Firaktin2Kayseri.jpg, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Picture of Knossos
By Bernard Gagnon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Urartian Painting
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/3353775...
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