The records make it perfectly clear that the kingdoms of Pylos and Knossos were bureaucratic monarchies of a type unexpected in Greece, but in many ways similar to some contemporary and earlier kingdoms in the eastern Mediterranean.

记录清晰地表明皮洛斯和,科索诺斯王国,是不同于希腊的君主专制政体,但在很多地方类似于,一些同期和早期的地中海东部的王国

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Remember the ancient near eastern kingdoms and their collectivized agriculture, control from the center, the individuals who carry out the farming or the grazing.

大家应该还记得这个古老的,近东王国,记得他们的采集农业,记得他们的中央集权,记得其民众所从事的农耕业和游牧业

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选