Mycenaean Greece and Minoan Crete
Tides of History
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The sunami smashed cliffs inundated coves and washed away beaches. Hundreds of people were killed in an instant, their bodies washed up for days or weeks afterward. Lightning flashed in the distance, brief eruptions of light against a pitch black backdrum. A crowd made its way down to the coast, hoping for a closer look at the plume and the encroaching darkness. The sharpest eyed among them saw the ripple on the surface of the sea in the distance. It soon solved into a wave, a wave that grew taller and taller and taller as it approached crete.
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