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There's not much about Sparta that this man hasn't said
Paul Cartledge
These people made up the largest population in Sparta
Helots
Troy was known by this name in the Hittite records
Wilusa
These large pots were perfect for storage in case of a siege.
Pithoi
This archaeologist found evidence of a lower town
Korfmann
This geologist proved that the sealine had receded at Troy over time
Kraft
The name for these people comes from the Greek for "lives around"
Perioikoi
This man is known as the father of history
Herodotus
Troy was protected by these, which were up to four metres thick in parts.
Walls
Schliemann found this treasure when he dug all the way down to Troy II
Priam's Treasure
This man has some big theories about the Sea Peoples and the role they played in Bronze Age collapse
Eric Cline
Spartan boys entered the agoge at this age
Seven
This secretive group was thought to patrol the hills at night, killing helots
Krypteia
The mythological Trojan War lasted for this many years.
Ten
Modern archaeologists, like Korfmann and Aslan, have been able to use this technology to accurately date pottery finds at the site
Carbon-14 dating
This element starts a body paragraph and links to the question (and your thesis)
Topic sentence
Homoioi
This man, the tutor of Alexander the Great, offers seven main criticisms of Spartan society
Aristotle
Blegen uncovered evidence of fire damage, which led him to theorise that this stratum was the "Homeric" Troy
VIIa
Most of the pottery found at Troy VI is from these Greek people
Mycenaeans
This man's "Descriptions of Greece", written in the 2nd century CE, are part history, part travelogue.
Pausanias
Inferiors
This play by Aristophanes is named after the title heroine, a strong Spartan woman who has a cunning plan to stop the Peloponnesian War.
Lysistrata
This author of the History of the Peloponnesian War says that the Greeks would have defeated the Trojans much more quickly, if not for a lack of supplies, forcing them to spread out in search of food.
Thucydides
Blegen discovered unburied bodies near this structure
Pillar House