Show r e. Legend and Fact Merge In Mediterranean Isle IsleAn An advanced civilization rose Inthe in hi hithe the Ute Mediterranean Island of Crete nearly years ago notes the National Geographic society Modern Modern Mod Mod- ern excavations along the northern shore have revealed King Minos' Minos intricate palace of It Is believed believed be be- to hold hoid the Labyrinth in which Theseus of Greek mythology slew the man half bull hall Minotaur Mino Mino- taur This This' Labyrinth is recalled as the legendary birthplace of flying There the myth went the Imprisoned imprisoned architect ar and inventor Daeda Daeda- lus Ius fash fashioned mans man's earliest wings In order to escape with his son Icarus Icarus the story continued flew too close to the sun The wax that held his wings in place melted and he fell ell Into the Aegean waters that now bear his name South of this sea sea Crete stretches a slim land bar miles long athwart strategic routes of the eastern Mediterranean It lies lieson lieson lieson on the road to Palestine and Egyptian Egyptian Egyptian tian ports to the Suez canal gateway gate way and the Aegean Aegean Dardanelles key to the Black sea A rocky mountainous region Crete is about twice as big as Long Island New York Its barrenness is relieved by patches of fertile plains and green valleys Olives fruits grains tobacco and cotton grow grow abundantly under the hot Mediterranean Mediterranean Med Med- sun |