The Trojan War: Was It Real?

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The Trojan War, was it real or just fictitious? Well, whatever is was we know it was a war. The significance of the event is how the Achaeans overtook ingenious ideas of the Trojan horse. The Trojan warriors were in battle with the Achaeans for many years. When they thought they were going to lose, they placed a giant horse outside of the wall of Troy with Achaeans warrior placed inside and waited to be brought inside the walls. Once inside they waited till dark to make their attack and Troy and its people. They opened the gates late at night for more soldiers to enter and help them kill and burn everyone inside they gates of

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