Apple QuickTime movie | 1997-10-30 | 2.7 MB | 550x370 | 10fps | 1 minute, 35 seconds
Transcription: By 2000 BC, prosperous seafaring communities in the Aegean were building palaces and creating fine works of craftsmanship. Such palaces were economic centres. On Minoan Crete, clay tablets record grain and livestock held by palaces like konosis, a labyrinth of storerooms, workshops, reception and private rooms. Symbols of Minoan religion, like double axes, abounded in bustling palace and lonely mountain sanctuary. Exuberantly decorated pottery reflects the maritime life of Minoan traders. Wonderful frescoes decorate Cretan palaces and three-story houses on the island of Terra. Meanwhile, a war ...
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