[Shanda]

Ever since reading about it in high school, Crete has always fascinated me.

Such a mysterious island and with such interesting people. I always wondered if it was the true cradle of civiliazation instead of Iraq.

[blam]

" I always wondered if it was the true cradle of civiliazation instead of Iraq."

Neither. Look east during the Ice Age.

Lost Civilization From 7,500BC Discovered Off Indian Coast

[Cronos]

Such a mysterious island and with such interesting people. I always wondered if it was the true cradle of civiliazation instead of Iraq

not plausible. Civilisations normally have developed near large river systems -- the Nile in Egypt, the Tigris-Euphrates Shal-Al-Arab in Iraq and the Indus Valley in India.