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The Minoan Civilisation of Bronze Age Crete is world famous for the enormous building complexes we know as palaces - and for its exquisite art - expressed in lovely pottery, figurines, and in frescoes of the most exquisite beauty.

Many believe that the Minoan civilisation of Bronze Age Crete was a remarkably peaceful society. But what does the evidence tell us? Were there fortified settlements? Does Minoan artwork show weapons and warriors? And what about all those Minoan daggers, swords, spears, and axes in the archaeological record? This is the story of Weaponry and Warfare in Bronze Age Crete.

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Oxford Handbook of Aegean Bronze Age: https://amzn.to/3xd4VH9
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Excavations in the Hagios Charalambos Cave - Betancourt et al 2008


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Video Chapters

00:00 Minoan Cvilization
03:25 Neolithic Aegean Warfare
05:02 Peaceful Minoans?
07:48 Settlement fortifications
10:40 Settlement destruction
11:56 Warriors in Minoan Art
15:15 Votive weapons
16:15 Warrior burials and war wounds
18:18 Minoan Weapons
20:17 Minoan armour and shields
21:48 The Double-axe