Essay/Term paper: Trojan war

Essay, term paper, research paper:  History

The Trojan War took place more than a few

thousand years ago in ancient Greece. It was a

war waged by the Greeks on the city of Troy.

This war was said to have lasted ten years. It

was caused by the abduction of Helen by Paris.

Helen at the time was married to King Menalaus

of Sparta. To avenge the kidnapping King

Agamemnon of Mycenae and the warriors of

Odysseus and Archilles followed Helen and Paris

back to Troy and waged war upon the city for

ten years. One day, the warriors thought of an

idea. They built a giant hallow wooden horse

witch everyone piled into. Then they set it

outside the gates of Troy. When Paris saw this

horse he thought it was a gift and he had won the

war he brought into the middle of the city. When

night fell the belligerent men inside crawled out

and conquered the city of Troy, then was the ten

year war finally over. Although the Trojan war

was not real, it was based on a another war at

Troy, it has taught us some lessons in the field of

strategy and war fighting. In the following

passage you will read more about what the

Trojan War and Horse has taught us.



The Trojan War mostly taught us about

strategies of winning wars. The basic lesson was

that of, the more keen and cunning the ideas the

better the chance you can have of winning. We

have taken the lesson an applied it to each year

and century. Starting with things like simple bow

and arrows, we have took that and made snipers.

Then came things like guns although at first they

were hard to use now we have guns that could

kill from yards upon yards away. Even more

recent we have infer red, "smart" bombs, tanks,

bombers, helicopters, and also computers can be

a very useful part of winning simple battles or

huge wars. This just goes to show you that the

better advanced and cunning your weapons and

strategies are the better advantage you have over

your opponent.



Those facts stated above are just a few of the

many lessons that the great Trojan war has

taught us. In recap this puissant war has bred

new ideas of strategies and ideas about the art of

winning wars.