OOC: Yes, short, I know. I was inspired when planning this, but not when writing it.
Words from Minoa
"...and thus the Mother-Goddess created the world. And She imbued her soul in the Queens of Minoa, so that She could watch over her chosen people, and took the King as her consort. And she decreed that Minoa would not go to war from aggression, but would peacefully trade, until all the world was entwined with it."--
Book of the Mother, I.12-14
"War? Why would we go to war? It is beneath us. War is the work of others."--Admiral of Minoan navy at the time of the Hittite invasion of Phoenicia
"The world is not conquered through wars. Wars do not make other nations follow you, but makes them hate you. Trade, on the other hand..."--unknown Minoan King
"Trade is a weapon more powerful then the sharpest sword, the strongest warrior. Trade can move the world, defeat armies, destroy nations, all without a drop of blood being shed."-Minoan Merchant
"Just because we are peaceful does not mean we are weak."-unknown