Trading colonies were developed on the string of islands in the centre of the Mediterranean-Crete.
贸易殖民地是在地中海-克里特岛中部的一连串岛屿上发展起来的。
If Minos didn't attack Athens, he would send seven boys and seven girls to Crete every nine years to be eaten by the Minotaur.
如果米诺斯不进攻雅典,他就会每9年把7个男孩和7个女孩送到克里特岛,让米诺陶吃掉。
Both of these activities were based on seafaring, an ability the Phoenicians developed from the example of their maritime predecessors, the Minoans of Crete.