Around the 7th century BC, the Dorians constructed Falassarna, a well-organized city-state. However, until the 4th century, when the city-state began to develop, nothing was known about Falassarna. Falassarna, on the extreme west coast of Crete, controlled the sea passages leading to Egypt’s Alexandria. Falassarna rose to become one of the most powerful naval powers of the period as a Read more…