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The Dawn of Greece: From Minoans to the Birth of Democracy
In this pilot episode of The History of Greece, Lucas and Luna begin at the very beginning—standing before the ruins of Knossos on Crete, where the Minoan civilization flourished around 2000 BCE. They explore the labyrinthine palace of King Minos, the myth of the Minotaur, and the mysterious Linear A script. Then they jump forward to Mycenae, the bronze-age powerhouse that fought the Trojan War, and meet Agamemnon. Finally, they land in the so-called Dark Age, only to see the first flicker of what would become the polis, or city-state. Lucas explains how the geography of Greece—its mountains…
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