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What happened to Troy after the destruction of Troy VIIa?

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Following the destruction of Troy VIIa, the site saw the emergence of a partly rebuilt settlement known as Troy VIIb. This phase was characterized by new settlers who possessed a lower level of material culture and eventually disappeared by 1050 BCE.1

For approximately the next four centuries, the site remained largely abandoned. It was not until about 700 BCE that Greek settlers began to occupy the Troad, leading to the reoccupation of the site as a Greek settlement known as Troy VIII, which was given the Hellenized name of Ilion.1