<p>“Palaces are the the most distinct feature of the Minoan civilization” (<em>Approaching Monuments</em>).   During the Neopalatial period of Crete, &nbsp;or “the ‘Golden Age’ of  Minoan  Palaces” as Ellen Adams names it, the Palace of Minos fits  easily into  the architectural standard for the palaces of Crete. Each  structure was  built with the norm of “four wings surrounding a Central  Court, which is  roughly oriented north-south, with an additional West  Court,”  integrating the Minoan palaces, through many contexts, as one.  Thus the  architectural layouts of these Minoan palaces help in placing  emphasis  on many similarities rather than differences. With these  similarities  many aspects, such as about the towns where they are built  and their  relationships with the structures or deductions about the  social  networks, of one palace can greatly contribute to our knowledge  of  another (<em>Power Relations<img src="../wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt=""></em>).<img src="../wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt=""><img src="../wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt=""><img src="../wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt=""><img src="http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" class="mceWPmore mceItemNoResize">Today,   people feel that this palace, indeed most architecture of the   Minoan   civilization, was completely irrational in light of the current    societal  circumstances as well as their scarce availability of land.    These  current beliefs and assumptions are largely brought about by  the   not yet  unveiled enigma of what their functions were, and the   reasoning  behind  the creation of such sumptuous exhibitions.<img src="../wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt=""><img src="../wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt=""></p>