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Am 22 Dec 2006 23:57:37 -0800 schrieb john:
> Jack Linthicum wrote:
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>> 1. Minoan as exemplified by the murals at Akrotiri
>> 2. Mu
>> 3. the Sea going people of the Pacific, Polynesian, Melanesian,
>> Micronesia
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> Interesting--by coincidence Minoan and Hawaiian, Polynesian, or perhaps
> New Zealand indigenous cultures came automatically to mind for me,
> though I can't explain why. I wouldn't necessarily place these ahead
> of the others, but it seemed like these also should be mentioned.
>
> For me, and important consideration might be cultures whose primary
> achievements include an ability to co-exist pleasantly with Nature :)
>
Some look at the luxury in the Minoan palaces, and the apparent speed
with which they were re-built after earthquakes and conclude that a
lot of pressure on the common people must have existed in that
civilisation.
Joachim
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