ocr: authority structure of Minoan society was consolidated, with the result that the authority of the palace was increased still further. The fundamental question with respect to the towns is that of their relations with the palace. The spectrum of possibilities extends from absolute palace control to complete town independence. The post-Minoan- Mycenaean relationship, which has been adduced from Linear B tablets, entailed a strong degree of palatial control, including a uniform system of taxation in kind throughout the kingdom. In the absence of documents containing explicit social 250f51 content ...
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