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ANC
E
NT
I
CRETE
R.EWILLETTS
In
both
ancient
and
modern
times,
the
island
of
Crete
has
a
been
natural
focus
for
sea
travellers
-
whether
first
settlers,
traders
or
conquerors
-
between
the
coastal
fringes
of
Europe,
Asia
and
Africa.
Cretan
antiquities
aroused
it
scholarly
interest
as
early
as
the
fifteenth
Century,
but
was
not
until
the
beginning
of
this
century,
which
saw
the
sensational
excavation
Sir
of
the
Minoan
Palace
at
Knossos
by
Arthur
Evans,
that
Crete
caught
the
popular
imagination.
Since
then
archaeologists
from
countries
have
continued
the
many
and
is
work
ot
excavation
at
sites,
Knossos,
Phaistos,
Mallia,
Zakro
and
other
fuller
a
much
and
more
balanced
picture
of
Ancient
Crete
emerging.
Professor
Willetts
makes
use
of
this
recent
and
current
archaeology,
present
the
as
well
as
of
his
own
historical
research,
to
first
complete
picture
of
the
full
civilization
ot
its
Ancient
Crete
-
one
which
gives
well
as
to
its
weight
to
origins
as
post-Minoan
development.
Having
its
first
placed
the
island
firmly
in
geographical
context
of
the
Near
East
and
shown
the
important
influences
from
the
neighbouring
regions
of
Mesopotamia
and
Egypt,
he
examines
the
historical
development
from
the
arrival
of
the
Neolithic
farmers
and
their
settlements
during
the
early
Bronze
Age,
through
the
spectacular
Minoan
Age,
civilization
of
the
Bronze
B.C.
down
to
the
Dorian
aristocracy
of
the
Iron
Age
which
ended
in
the
Roman
Conquest
of
the
first
century
He
then
analyses
and
interprets
the
social
and
political
institutions,
the
art
and
religion,
of
the
Minoan
and
Dorian
sites,
phases,
paying
particular
attention
to
lesser-known
such
as
Myrtos
and
Ayia
Triada,
and
to
the
invention
of
writing
and
the
establishment
of
law
codes
and
legal
systems.
Throughout,
Professor
Willetts
emphasizes
the
constant
of
Cretan
civilization:
the
persistence
of
'community',
the
unusual
stability
of
institutions
and
the
island's
genius
for
absorbing
and
remoulding
outside
features
influences into
a
unique
culture
of
its
own.
This
individuality
can
be
seen
in
the
island's
later
absorption
of
Byzantine,
Venetian
and
Turkish
invaders.
R.F.
Willetts
is
Professor
of
Greek
and
Chairman
of
the
School
of
Hellenic
and
Roman
travelled
Studies
at
the
University
of
Birmingham.
Widely
a
m
Mediterranean
lands
and
regular
visitor
to
Crete,
he
has
published
civilization.
on
many
aspects
of
Cretan
His
most
important
works
include
Cretan
Cults
and
Festivals
Aristocratic
Society
in
Ancient
Crete,
and
The
Law
Code
of'Cortyn.
The
present
work
is
the
fruit
of
thirty
years'
research
into
the
full
spectrum
of
Cretan
civilization.
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CRETE
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