Ugarit and Caphtor

Résumé

Throughout the second millennium B. C , but especially during its latter half, the islands and coastal mainland of the East Mediterranean shared a large cultural common denominator. The focal point of the unifying forces was Crete together with culturally related Aegean areas. I use the term «Caphtor» to embrace the various districts where Minoan-Mycenaean civilization was nurtured.