WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -A powerful seafaring people, the Minoans (mih•NOH•uhnz) dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean from about 2000 to 1400 B. C. They lived on Crete, a large island on the southern edge of the Aegean Sea (ee•JEE•uhn). The Minoans produced some of the finest painted pottery of the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenicians were master seafarers and traders who created a robust network across-and beyond-the Mediterranean Sea, spreading technologies and ideas as they traveled.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cretan exports consisted of timber, foodstuffs, cloth, and, most likely, olive oil, as well as finely crafted luxury goods. In exchange, the Minoans imported tin, copper, gold, silver, emery, fine stones, ivory, and some manufactured objects.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Minoan period saw extensive trade by Crete with Aegean and Mediterranean settlements, particularly those in the Near East. Through traders and artists, Minoan cultural influence reached beyond Crete to the Cyclades, the Old Kingdom of Egypt, copper-bearing Cyprus, Canaan and the Levantine coast and Anatolia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: The Minoans location in the Aegean Sea allowed them to become a preeminent maritime trading culture, lasting until the rise of the Phoenicians in the 12th century BCE.