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 * Had indoor plumbing starting around 2000bc in all their buildings
 * Were the first ancient civilization to build warships which they used to protect their large merchant fleet
 * Developed and used a fairly complex plough to sow their crops
 * Built both roads and bridges both outside and inside of their towns including a raised median strip for pedestrians between most of their roads
 * Had both a wheeled vehicle you could sit in as well as a wheeled vehicle you could lay in for land transportation
 * The Minoan cities were connected with stone-paved roads, formed from blocks cut with bronze saws. Streets were drained and water and sewage facilities were available to the upper class, through clay pipes. 
 * Minoan buildings often had flat tiled roofs; plaster, wood, or flagstone floors, and stood 2-3 stories high.
 * They would construct the lower walls of stone and rubble and use mudbrick for higher elevations. Ceiling timbers would hold up the roofs.
 * The Minoans provided major scientific advancements such as indoor plumbing.
 *  Minoans were the first ancient civilization to build warships.
 *  They also developed a plough to sow their seeds, roads and bridges were built, and buildings had a supply of hot water by underground clay pipes.
 *  The Minoans also had toilets far more superior to anything known in the West before the 19th century A.D.
 * Scientifically, these advancements have shaped how we live today in our modern society.

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