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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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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