It spread out beyond Crete because the Minoans established what we might want to call an empire in various parts of the Mediterranean, and it starts with Crete.

其所覆盖的区域比克里特岛更广阔,因为米诺斯文明建立了,现在我们所称的"帝国",其疆域分布于地中海的广大地区,它起源于特里克

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But eventually you have this bearer note that you start passing around to spend to other people and they start to think of them as money and that's the origin of banking.

但是最终，你持有这个不记名票据,并且开始将其流传到,别人手中,然后他们开始将其视为金钱,这就是银行业的起源。

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