Hermahai (@hermahai)

1/ The main factor of the prosperity of the Mycenaean palatial elite was the existence of a successful commercial model, in which both the creation of an internal road network between the Mycenaean provinces and the presence of a powerful trade fleet played a catalytic role. ...

1/ Phaistos was one of the most important palatial centers of Minoan Crete; probably only Knossos overshadowed it. But what criteria was used to select the location and what were the factors that led to its rise? To find the answers, we will have to go back several centuries. ...