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Assess the significance of Schliemann's excavation at Troy upon the development of Ancient History Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann's ability to challenge academic establishment make him an appealing yet dubious character. The German's late nineteenth century excavations of Truva are often considered to have shed new light on ancient history or 'undoubtedly destroyed a great deal of archaeological data that will forever be lost1. Despite the praise and glorification that surrounds the romantic stems of Schliemann's work; his excavations have proved limited to the evolution of archaeology and ancient history. However some of Schliemann's methodologies have often been considered significant in context to the evolution of both fields. His 'great desire to affirm his hypotheses2' has lead to important ancient historical data such as demonstrating Greek civilisation had commenced approximately one thousand years earlier then previous scholars estimated. Yet Schliemann's excavations of Hissarlik are not completely revolutionary to the development...

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