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Causes of The Trojan War

Causes of The Trojan War . Select an issue of historic, global or national conflict. The Trojan War (Is it a conflict? Test: Are there two sides in opposition to each other?) The Trojan war is a conflict. According to Homer, it was between the Greeks and the Trojans ,

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Causes of The Trojan War

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  1. Causes of The Trojan War

  2. Select an issue of historic, global or national conflict The Trojan War • (Is it a conflict? Test: Are there two sides in opposition to each other?) The Trojan war is a conflict. According to Homer, it was between the Greeks and the Trojans, but other historical evidence suggests other adversaries including the Sea Peoples or the Hittites.

  3. Causes of/Reasons An evaluation of factors causing the conflict from social science perspectives: • geographic—relating to the earth and its features and the distribution of life on the earth. • political—relating to the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state. • economic—relating to the production, development, and management of material wealth. • cultural—relating to socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. • sociological—relatingto the study of human social behavior, esp. the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society. • psychological—relating to or arising from the mind or emotions.

  4. CAUSE 1: • Perspective:(geographic) Troy is situated at the mouth of the Dardanelles. The people occupying it could control the water route and overlooked a plain crossed by rivers. • Evidence/information to support reason: Location of ruins • Source: “More than Myth…” p.135 • Secondary

  5. CAUSE2: • Perspective:(economic) There is evidence that the people living where Troy was located charged tolls on the ships that passed there. They became rich and angered merchants. • Evidence/information to support reason: Written records found by Korfmann • Source: “More than Myth…” p.137 (secondary)

  6. CAUSE 3: • Perspective:(geographic, economic, cultural, psychological) Cline according to Lovgren: “This war may have been fought for the usual reasons: economic gain, greed, glory, territoryand the control of trade routes.” • Evidence/information to support reason: Location, archaeological digs, and tomb art • Source:“More than Myth…” • (secondary)

  7. CAUSE 4: • Perspective:(cultural OR sociological) The war was fought over Helen • Evidence/information to support reason: TheIlliad, by Homer (according to Lovgren) Other wars were fought over the abduction of royalty, so why not the Trojan War? • Source: ”Is Troy True….” (secondary)

  8. Bibliographic Citation A: (primary or secondary) • (Citation) • Is it credible? How do you know?

  9. Bibliographic Citation B: (primary or secondary) • (Citation) • Is it credible? How do you know?

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