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。
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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。
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Both of these activities were based on seafaring, an ability the Phoenicians developed from the example of their maritime predecessors, the Minoans of Crete.