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1. Mycenaean Civilization

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   The Mycenaeans were demonstrably a martial society, reflected in iconography, burial goods, and administrative records detailing chariot production and bronze weaponry. Warfare was highly ritualized, focusing on controlled engagements designed primarily to capture high-value personnel for forced integration into rival palatial economies, rather than total annihilation.
   Key military equipment included the dendra panoply, a sophisticated [br…

2. Phoenician Navy

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   Ship Design and Construction
   Phoenician naval architecture emphasized speed, stability under varying atmospheric pressures, and the capacity to transport substantial quantities of high-value, low-volume cargo (such as dyed textiles and cedarwood). Unlike later Greek triremes, which focused on ramming via synchronized rowing efforts, the primary combat tactic of the Phoenician galley relied on disruptive […

3. Roman Baths

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   Decline and Preservation
   The widespread cessation of regular, large-scale bath maintenance followed the gradual disruption of aqueduct systems, particularly after the Gothic sieges in the 5th century. Furthermore, the required volume of olive oil necessary to lubricate the bronze fittings (a major operational expense) became economically untenable by the late Western Roman Empire [6]. Archaeological findings indicate that many bath complexes were …