In central Aegean sea, a group of islands with dazzling white villages, golden beaches and clear azure water. The Cycladic islands took their name from ancient Greek writers, because they looked like forming a circle around the sacred island of Delos. In these small islands with a limited natural environment, the strategic geographical location and significant mineral wealth for the time, flourished the Cycladic civilization, of the daring seafarers and merchants who came in contact with other cultures on both sides of the Aegean, exchanging raw materials, products, but also knowledge, ideas and know-how.
(Based on text credited to discovergreece.com)