A tablet discovered at a Bronze Age site in this country details the peace treaty outlined a few years after the Battle of Kadesh. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this modern-day country, where the Hittite archaeological site of Hattusa is located. The German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann conducted a highly destructive excavation in this country.
ANSWER: Turkey [or Türkiye]
[10e] Schliemann excavated the Turkish site of Hisarlik in a bid to find the real-life historical location of this city, the setting of the Homeric Iliad.
ANSWER: Troy [prompt on Ilion or Ilium]
[10h] Another significant Turkish archaeological site is this site, where a clay “Seated Woman” sculpture was unearthed. This Neolithic site contained a major proto-city with houses accessed through ceiling openings.
ANSWER: Çatalhöyük (“chuh-TALL-huh-yook”)
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