Title on Photograph: THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 2,000 - 1,000 BC.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 32.
Comments on Subject: AEGEAN-STYLE FRESCOES IN EGYPT, SYRIA AND ISRAEL AND THE BROAD DISTRIBUTION OF MYCENAEAN CERAMICS DOCUMENT THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE AEGEAN IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN EXCHANGE NETWORKS. FIRST MINOAN CRETE, THEN, BY THE SECOND HALF OF THE SECOND MILLENNIUM, SOUTHERN MAINLAND GREECE PARTICIPATED IN MARITIME EXCHANGE ROUTES THAT ULTIMATELY EXTENDED FROM SARDINIA TO CYPRUS, SYRO-PALESTINE AND EGYPT. EXOTIC RAW MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURED OBJECTS TRAVELLED ALONG THEM.
