来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第2集 第2集》

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  some contemporary and earlier kingdoms in the eastern Mediterranean.
  一些同期和早期的地中海东部的王国
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  It is very unlike anything we associate with the Greeks,
  它不同于我们所谈及的希腊人
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  or anything that ever again existed in the Greek world,
  或者希腊世界里存在的任何东西
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  and that's really the point I want to make.
  而这才是我真正想说明的
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  Although these people are Greeks,
  虽然这些人是希腊人
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  they are ruling a culture which is thoroughly
  但是他们所统治的文化
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  different from the one we will be studying for the bulk of the semester.
  和我们将要花大半个学期所学的文化完全不同
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  So like the eastern states,
  就像东方国家一样
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  you have a powerful ruler who is a warlord.
  有一个热爱战争的强权统治者
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  There is a palace economy, there is a script,
  有王宫经济 有文字
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  there is a bureaucracy, and there is collectivized agriculture
  有官僚制度 有中央集权经济下的
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  under the central control of the economy.
  集体农业