ocr: Phaistos may have had some say in its affairs, but the connection with Knossos seems stronger. Zakros' status as a port has a direct bearing on the third and widest context in which the palace functioned: the world beyond Crete. Minoan society had extensive contacts with the mainland, chiefly in the form of peaceful trade relations. Ports were the point of entry into the web of commercial contacts. Mallia, on the northern coast, served as its own port. The harbor towns of Amnisos and Kommos stand close enough to the palaces of Knossos and Phaistos, respectively, to suggest they were the ports ...
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