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Knossos

The Ancients

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The Importance of Kannosos as an Industrial Center

There are only one or two depictions of sheep at Kannos. What you get on the frescoes is a different animal you get balls. I see bull leaping as rather similar to the American rodeo because if you imagine in the American West you allow your cattle to have free range they're out grazing the hillside and then you need to round them up. From this activity they were probably rounding up bringing them to Knossos for slaughter, so from this activity I think you have skills emerging which people want to show off.

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