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But even if the proportions of the alloy were less than ideal, the very existence of the tin and copper-both from outside Crete-tells us that the Minoans were moving around and trading by sea.
盡管合金的比例不理想，但來自克里特以外的錫和銅已足以證明米諾斯人當時曾四處流動，參與海洋貿易。
Indeed, Crete was a major player in the vast network of trade and diplomacy that covered the eastern Mediterranean-often focused on the exchange of metals, and all linked by maritime travel.
他們確實是整個東地中海巨大的貿易與外交網絡中的一部分，常進行金屬交易，全靠海路運輸。
We asked the maritime archaeologist, Dr Lucy Blue of Southampton University, to tell us more:
南安普敦大學的航海考古學家露西布魯博士說：
"The small bronze statuette from Minoan Crete, unique as it is, is also a very good indicator of this key commodity, bronze, that was sought after throughout the eastern Mediterranean.
克里特的這尊青銅小雕像是件很好的證物，讓我們了解青銅是當時整個地中海東部地區需求巨大的重要商品。
Unfortunately, we have only a limited number of shipwrecks to substantiate these trading activities, but one of the shipwrecks that we have is that of the 'Uluburun'.
遺憾的是，我們尚未發現太多能證明這些貿易活動的沉船。
This was a vessel that was found off the Turkish coast.
但發現于土耳其的烏魯布倫沉船可算其中之一。
The 'Uluburun' was carrying 15 tons of cargo, 9 tons of which was copper, copper in the form of ingots.
船上載有十五噸貨物，其中九噸為銅錠。
In addition, the 'Uluburun' was carrying a very rich cargo-amber from the Baltic, pomegranates, pistachio nuts...there were also a wealth of manufactured goods, including bronze and gold statuettes,beads of different materials, large numbers of tools and weapons that were being carried on board.
其他貨物也很豐富，如石榴、開心果和來自波羅的海的琥珀。還有很多手工制品，包括青銅和黃金雕像，各種材料制成的珠子，以及大量的工具和武器。
There's a wooden diptych, or essentially the first form of filofax, that would have been carried on board with wax inside, where they would have kept a note of the different cargoes that were being exchanged."
他們也發現了木制的記事板,備忘記事本或本質上的第一個表單,用蠟對內部進行封裝,他們就會有不同的貨物交換筆記。”
Despite the filofax, there are still many unanswered questions about Minoan civilisation.
參與了這些貿易的富裕的米諾斯文明，至今仍有許多未解之謎。
