ocr: capacity, but there are several unknown quantities in the computation. In addition, it is unlikely that no crops other than wheat were planted on the Mesara. In spite of such uncertainties, the computations indicate within an order of magnitude how much agricultural land the palace would have controlled. Ifthe occupants of the palace were able to appropriate the agricultural surplus ofa fairly large region, they probably had representatives in the countryside. Set outside the palatial towns are sites that have been described variously as country mansions, villas, farms and estates. In a 32 of5 ...
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