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The SEgean World: the Islands
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% 2000 B.c. the Cretans had become a highly civilized
Pe°ple. At Cnossus, not far from the middle of the northern
coast (see map, p. 124),
there grew up a Cretan
klngdom which may finally
tave included a large part
of the island. Their kings
rapidly learned the art of
ligation from the Egyp-
tians. Their ships, the ear-
''est sailed by Europeans,
Were so numerous that these
tulers are often called the
sea kings of Crete."1
"Uins of their earliest palace
are still standing at Cnos-
Sus (Fig- 56).
A. few centuries of such
development carried Cretan
Clvilization to. its highest
level, and the Cretans en-
tered upon what we may
CaU their Grand Age (about Fig. 59. One of the Large Dec-
l6ootoi5ooB.c) Theolder orated Cretan Jars, nearly
Palace of Cnossus (§ 2or) Four Feet high found at
o-p,, v , Ancient Cnossus
6«ve way t0 a iarger and
splendid building with
a colonnaded hall, fine stair-
vvays (Fig. S7), and impres-
^Ve open areas (Fig. 58).
h^s building represented
y.} °ne of the old Cretan sea kings, according to later tradition, was named
Minos. For this reason early Cretan civilization has been called Minoan, and
thls is now the most common term applied to it. We prefer " /Egean » be-
;au!* this seems the natural term to apply to the earliest civilization which arose
n the /Egean world. For the term " Mycenaean," see § 204.
201. Rise of
the sea kings
of Crete
(2000 b.c.)
202. The
Grand Age
in Crete and
its art (about
1600 to
1500 b.c.)
A fine example of the originality,
power, and beauty of Cretan decora-
tive art; although the leading design,
the lotus flower, is drawn from Egypt,
it is treated in the masterly Cretan
manner (see § 202)
113
11
% 2000 B.c. the Cretans had become a highly civilized
Pe°ple. At Cnossus, not far from the middle of the northern
coast (see map, p. 124),
there grew up a Cretan
klngdom which may finally
tave included a large part
of the island. Their kings
rapidly learned the art of
ligation from the Egyp-
tians. Their ships, the ear-
''est sailed by Europeans,
Were so numerous that these
tulers are often called the
sea kings of Crete."1
"Uins of their earliest palace
are still standing at Cnos-
Sus (Fig- 56).
A. few centuries of such
development carried Cretan
Clvilization to. its highest
level, and the Cretans en-
tered upon what we may
CaU their Grand Age (about Fig. 59. One of the Large Dec-
l6ootoi5ooB.c) Theolder orated Cretan Jars, nearly
Palace of Cnossus (§ 2or) Four Feet high found at
o-p,, v , Ancient Cnossus
6«ve way t0 a iarger and
splendid building with
a colonnaded hall, fine stair-
vvays (Fig. S7), and impres-
^Ve open areas (Fig. 58).
h^s building represented
y.} °ne of the old Cretan sea kings, according to later tradition, was named
Minos. For this reason early Cretan civilization has been called Minoan, and
thls is now the most common term applied to it. We prefer " /Egean » be-
;au!* this seems the natural term to apply to the earliest civilization which arose
n the /Egean world. For the term " Mycenaean," see § 204.
201. Rise of
the sea kings
of Crete
(2000 b.c.)
202. The
Grand Age
in Crete and
its art (about
1600 to
1500 b.c.)
A fine example of the originality,
power, and beauty of Cretan decora-
tive art; although the leading design,
the lotus flower, is drawn from Egypt,
it is treated in the masterly Cretan
manner (see § 202)