November 22, 19 World Civilization to 1500 Research Paper When Heinrich Schliemann emerged from Turkey in June of 1873 with a hoard of treasure, the whole world took note. He claimed to have found the ruins of ancient Troy. Schliemann had rejected the prevailing scholarly doctrine that Homer was a mythmaker, not a historian or scholar. Even today, some people argue that the actual ruins of the historical city of Troy are in Croatia, not Hisarlik, Turkey, as Schliemann …showed first 75 words of 1405 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1405 total…thought to be related to a cult, were found in the city of Troy VI. Some authorities believe that a Trojan cult, related with those of Minoan Crete, existed as the chief religion of this period. Many Greek myth enthusiasts see the myth of the Trojan horse as a metaphor for the earthquake that destroyed Troy VI. Some believe this because the horse was sacred to the Greek god, Posiedon, the divinity responsible for earthquakes.