Loki wrote:
I heard one theory that the Trojan War actually happened in England. The rationale was that the war occurred during the Bronze Age. You must have tin to make bronze, and there was not that much tin in the Eastern Mediterranean. England, however, was and is loaded with it, and the theory stated that the war was fought over control of tin.
If there ever was a Helen of Troy she was simply an excuse. The classical site of Troy sat in the middle of several important trade routes. You control those, you make a fortune.
Any way you slice it, the Trojan War, romanticized though it has been, was about money and power. It is unlikely that it lasted ten years because the Greeks could not have supported their army that long, and they would not have left their homeland undefended for that long. It's possible that they sailed home periodically and came back, I suppose.
Back on topic; A Chinese sailor named Cheng Ho sailed all over much of the Western Pacific more than 2000 years ago. The Chinese had VERY seaworthy vessels, with watertight bulkheads and fore and aft rigs.
The Arabs sailed to China and around Africa around 700 AD. They certainly had the ability to sail to North America.
I heard one theory that the Trojan War actually ha... (
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Actually, to be completely accurate, the Trojan War occurred in Atlantis, just months before the fall.