Episode 7: Hesiod's Lands and Seasons (Hesiod's Works and Days)
Literature and History
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Crete's Minoan Art and Architecture
Minoan Crete wasn't a martial society in the vein of contemporary Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations. Minoan economics were what we might loosely call communist. The most famous palace on Crete, at Knosos, had enough storage jars to hold 240,000 gallons of fresh water, food, wine, and olive oil.
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