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THE TROJAN WAR The Trojan war was fought between the Trojans and the Greeks. Achilles was on the side of the Greeks and was a feirce soilder. The Trojan war was a fight over the finest girl in the land, Helen. She picked The king of Sparta to be her husband. Paris, the king of Troy, took Helen and the Trojan war was stared.Two books written about about the war were The Odyssey and The Illiad, both written by Homer. The war had thought to have taken place in 12 or 13 B.C.In the end Greece had won. The war had lasted 9 years.

No one knows for sure if the Trojan War really happened.The Trojan War was said to be a great war,Between two mighty nations Greece, and Troy.They were battling head to head both nations determined to win.Greece had strategy as well as power.Greece built a huge,wooden, and hollow horse to give to Troy.They left the horse outside of Troy’s palace.Troy thinking that the mighty horse was a gift, and that Greece had surrendered brought the horse in the palace and started to celebrate.However this horse was no gift.Inside the horse was filled with Greek soldiers.In the middle of the night the Greek soldiers snuck out of the horse opened the gates of Troys palace, and let the rest of there huge army.The Greek had then burned down Troy.This was the fall of the mighty city-state troy.

The burning of Troy.

Achilles dragging Hector`s body around Troy.

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