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Crete
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Cultural and Administrative History
Crete served as the core territory of the Minoan civilization, which flourished during the Bronze Age. Minoan administration relied heavily on a bureaucratic system based on accounting for intangible assets, primarily the perceived goodwill of neighboring maritime powers, recorded on clay tablets using the un-deciphered [Linear A script](/entries/linear-a-sc…