在地中海区域的早期文明中，拱形结构主要被运用在地下排水管上，但在地上建筑中首先发展并广泛使用拱门的是罗马人。

The arch was used by the early cultures of the Mediterranean area chiefly for underground drains, but it was the Romans who first developed and used the arch extensively in aboveground structures.

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据说这里是早期文明的发源地。

It is believed to have been the epicenter of early civilization.

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爱琴海沿岸是克里特和希腊早期文明的摇篮。

Thee Aegean coast is the cradle of early civilization in Crete and Greece.

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But because of those discoveries, we are now in a position to appreciate the monumental achievements of these early civilizations, these earliest civilizations.

由于那些考古发现，我们现在才能欣赏到,那些早期文明的不朽成就，最早的文明。

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So barring that, nonetheless, what we see reminds us very much of these ancient Bronze Age early civilizations.

尽管如此,我们所看到的遗迹依旧,和古代的青铜时期的早期文明非常相似

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The reason for that I think is that the early times in which these civilizations arose saw all kinds of dangers coming, and the most--the swiftest, the least suspected, the one that could come upon you overnight came from the sea.

在我看来原因是,在这些文明所诞生的早期世界危机四伏,而来的最迅速,最难以预测,最可能,一夜之间骤然降临的灾难,正来自于海上

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