WorksheetsEarly excavations of Troy + Hittites
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
When was Schliemann excavating?
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
Which area did Schliemann excavate?
Hisarlik
Ilios
Taruisa
Troy
How many layers have been identified at Hisarlik?
6
7
9
12
Why was Troy II not the right layer for Bronze Age Troy?
it's too early - 3000 BC
Mycenaean pottery was found in Troy VI
it's too early - 4000 BC
Mycenaean pottery was found in Troy VIII
How high was the tower in the defensive wall which Dorpfeld discovered?
300 yards
300 feet
25 yards
25 feet
The walls Dorpfeld discovered were angled: this would fit with the attempt to climb them by which Achaean warrior?
Patroclus
Achilles
Ajax
Odysseus
Agamemnon
What things led Dörpfeld to identify Troy VI as Priam's city?
high walls and towers around the citadel
wealthy city with imports from around the Mediterranean and Near East
destroyed after hundreds of years of continuous habitation
evidence of a siege with skeletons and missiles found
dating 'Priam's Treasure' to this layer
What was Homer's name for the Greeks?
Dorians
Achaeans
Dardanians
Hittites
Which Wilusan king did the Hittites restore to power?
Alaksandu
Walmu
Muwattalli
Piyama-radu
To which century does most of the Hittite evidence (Alaksandu Treaty, Tawagalawa letter, Milawata letter) date?
15th c. BC
14th c. BC
13 c. BC
12th c. BC
