Which factors accounted for the Minoans' preference for trade as the key source to economic success?
A) Their lack of resources hindered the use of manufacturing as a primary method of building wealth.
B)Their location in the crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean was ideal for conducting trade with Asia, the Nile Valley, and the Middle East
C)Their lack of seafaring knowledge eliminating the option of invasion and conquest
D) The extensive farmland of Crete resulting in massive surpluses of crops that had to be shipped to other people