In
the fertile regions of the Dardenelles, Northern Aegean and Marmara Seas, the
Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires dominated for 2000 years. Just north
lies the ancient site of Troy, famous for its 46 levels of occupation from
3000 B.C. to 400 A.D. What remains is an illuminating insight into civilizations
of the Bronze Age, if not unto the legends themselves.