Who were the people in Trojan War?

Answer 1

The legend uses the words Archaians and Danaans - the early inhabitants of the Greek peninsula and islands. For the other side, they were the peoples who inhabited western Asia Minor and the adjacent islands. The focus was the city of Troy, which was located beside the Dardanelles strait, and had become rich supplying trading ships transiting between the Black and Aegean Seas. The legend is unreliable, as it reflects political and social conditions of about six centuries, built up from the repertoire of the bards who composed and sang the epic tales such as the Iliad. Much of the content reflects 8th Century BCE Dark Age Greece, in which the Iliad's reputed composer, Homer, lived.