Investment in Crete's infrastructure would increase the island's economic importance and strengthen the case for defending it. Fortifying earlier would also cost less than waiting. Its position in the eastern Mediterranean offers control over important sea routes. Existing local income therefore provides an incomplete measure of the island's strategic value.
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Why a developed Crete merits fortification
Economic development and Crete's position astride eastern Mediterranean sea routes would make the island more valuable and easier to defend before war.