Editing Troy (section)

=== Troy I ===

[[File:Turkey-2941_(2216425111).jpg|thumb|left|300px|Troy&nbsp;I's fortifications were the most elaborate in northwestern Anatolia at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.troyexcavations.com/savunma-duvari/?l=en |title=The Fortification Wall |date=2023 |website=Troy Excavations |access-date=27 February 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228021939/https://www.troyexcavations.com/savunma-duvari/?l=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Rose-2013 />{{rp|style=ama|pp=9–12}}]]

Troy I was founded around 3000 BC on what was then the eastern shore of a shallow lagoon. It was significantly smaller than later settlements at the site, with a citadel covering less than 1 [[hectare|ha]]. However, it stood out from its neighbours in particular for its massive limestone fortifications which were regularly renovated and strengthened. Defensive architecture would continue to be a distinctive characteristic in later periods, reflecting perennial security concerns at the vulnerable coastal site.<ref name=Jablonka-2012-Cline>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Jablonka |first=Peter |year=2012 |title=Troy |editor-last=Cline |editor-first=Eric |encyclopedia=The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean |pages=849–861 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199873609.013.0063|isbn=978-0199873609 }}</ref><ref name=Rose-2013>{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Charles Brian |year=2013 |title=The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Troy |publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-76207-6}}</ref>{{rp|style=ama|pp=9–12}}

Residents lived in attached houses made of stone and mudbrick. Some houses had a [[megaron]] layout, among which one room is notably larger than the others. Although the city plan is not entirely clear from its limited remains, the houses appear to have been oriented in parallel to the southern walls. Artifacts from this era include dark colored handmade pottery, objects made of copper, as well as a monumental stone [[stele]] with a relief depicting an armed warrior.<ref name=Jablonka-2012-Cline/><ref name=Rose-2013/>

Troy I was founded as part of a consolidation of settlement in the area. Its founders came from nearby towns such as [[Kumtepe]] and [[Gülpınar, Ayvacık|Gülpınar]], which had been part of an earlier network that had cultural and economic ties to the eastern Aegean and southeastern Europe. Troy itself appears to have maintained these connections, showing similarities to sites in [[Thessaly]] and southeastern Europe, as well as Aegean sites such as [[Poliochni]] in [[Lemnos]] and [[Loutropoli Thermis|Thermi]] in [[Lesbos]]. Despite some connections to Anatolian sites including [[Bademağacı]], it did not yet have the close ties with central Anatolia seen later.<ref name=Jablonka-2012-Cline/><ref name=Rose-2013/>

Troy I was destroyed by fire around 2550 BC.<ref name=Jablonka-2012-Cline/><ref name=Rose-2013/>