Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The destruction of the sixth city—Troy VI—is still a matter of debate. Initially dated to ca. 1250 BC, it was probably actually destroyed a bit earlier, about 1300 BC." [1177 BC, Kindle, Location 1753] "It was probably just as well that the Hittites and Egyptians declared peace and ceased to fight each other, for they likely needed to turn their attention to two other events that may have taken place at about 1250 BC. Although both events are legendary, and although it has yet to be proven that either actually took place, both still resonate in the modern world today: in Anatolia, the Hittites may have had to contend with the Trojan War, while the Egyptians may have had to deal with the Hebrew Exodus." [1177 BC, Kindle Location 1709] "Mycenaeans attack the city of Troy between 1260 and 1230 BC and suffer greatly from their victory. . . . In the days that Rameses II and Hattusilis III negotiated their treaty, Troy--not so far to the west of the thriving Hittite kingdom--was on its seventh incarnation (called by archaeologists “Troy VIIa”). . . . . Sometime between 1260 and 1230 BC, Troy was ravaged by fire and war. Its walls were broken down, and a slaughter took place; human bones lay unburied in the streets." [Bauer: Ancient World, p. 253-4]