Were they of European stock? I've done some research, and I found a few things. Troy, along with their entire nation, was in present day Western Turkey. The original inhabitants arrived from the Southern Steppes of Russia thousands of years ago, but I'm not sure if they came from the Euro or Asian part. They interacted with the Greeks AND the Hittites, but it's hard to say how much they genetically shared with either. They worshipped Greek Gods (a European religion of the time), but had some cultural ties to both the Greeks and the Hittites. First, they were taken over by the Greeks, then by the Persians, then by the Greeks again, and finally by the Muslim Turks. Bear in mind that the Turks didn't take over Western Turkey until thousands of years after the final fall of Troy (the city was rebuilt many times). We have little Trojan artwork, but here's a Trojan coin. Does this face look European?
http://www.thetroyguide.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Iliumcn.jpg
2006-08-23
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