Question on Trojan War

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Hello all,
Can anyone tell me which Greek civilization is associated with this war? i.e...Minoan, Myceneaen or something else?
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Mycenean. From the Peloponnese. But I believe they enlisted others to help such as the men from Karystos in Euboeia.
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From all over greece.Mycenean and Minoan,and then from Thessaly,Hippirus,some islands of the Ionian and from the Aegean sea,and from other parts of greece.
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Dating the war to c1230 BC would mean Late Helladic III c Mycenaeans and Late Minoan III Cretans
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And, if I remember correctly, the boar's tooth helmet that was found was from precisely that period.ATBMarcus
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...and don't forget Odysseus, King of Ithaca!
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And old King Nestor was part of it too, wasn't he? (from the west side of the Peloponnese).
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