ocr: forms the basis for a sketch of the groups that made up Minoan society. The sketch begins with the occupants of the palace itself. Who ruled Minoan Crete is not known with certainty. It has been argued above that the construction of the palaces was part ofa process of unifying large territories. This process may have been carried out by powerful families who established dynasties as they built the palaces. Yet little can be said oft the individual Minoan rulers; not even their sex is known. The three members of the Minoan dynasty celebrated in legend are male: Minos and his shadowy brothers, R ...
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