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GCSE Classics · key term
A fortified stronghold, often containing a palace and other important buildings, which protects its occupants and provides a centre of authority.
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Paper 3
Revise: Key sitesTroy lay across the Aegean in north-western Anatolia, in modern Turkey. It existed during the Mycenaean age, but was not simply another mainland Greek Mycenaean citadel.
A fortified stronghold, often occupying elevated ground and containing important buildings.
Keep the sites distinct: Grave Circle A and the Lion Gate belong to Mycenae; the wall galleries and Upper, Middle and Lower Citadels belong to Tiryns.
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