Abstract
Abstract This note studies the role of the ‘military’ in the Late Minoan I period in Crete and the nearby Aegean. Late Minoan I Crete is renowned for its relative lack of military evidence, in contract to other regions of the Aegean, and to its own flourishing civilization and widespread cultural influence. This note surveys Late Minoan I military evidence in relation to Crete and other Aegean islands. A basic scenario is proposed in which Late Minoan I Crete was indeed a military power, but with the boundary of its dominance‐exchange area outside Crete. This may possibly explain, by analogy with Classical Sparta, the contrasting evidence. The recently revived concept of a Minoan Thalassocracy is thus tentatively supported.
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