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	History of Minoan Crete
		The island of Crete is located in the center of the eastern Mediterranean at the crossroads of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
		Crete's largest modern town is Heraklion (35° 20' latitude, 25° 08' longitude) and its landscape oscillates between tall, rugged mountains, gentle slopes, and plateaus, which are framed by the Aegean coast line to the North, and the Lybian Sea to the south.
		The temperate climate of Crete with its short, mild winters and its dry, warm summers, along with the fertility of the Cretan plains produces sufficient food supplies to support an affluent local population, and for exports.
	www.ancient-greece.org /history/minoan.html (2135 words)

	History of Crete - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crete was occupied down to the 15th century BCE by people who did not speak Greek, for evidence of their written language (Linear A) survives, and though it has not been deciphered, it is not Greek.
		Crete continued to be part of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine empire, a quiet cultural backwater, until it fell into the hands of the Arabs in 824.
		In December, the Greek flag was raised at the Firkas fortress in Chania, with Eleftherios Venizelos and King Constantine in attendance, and Crete was unified with mainland Greece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Crete (3032 words)

	CRETE WEB - History - Crete the island of dreams, tour, transportation, history, geography, weather, restaurants, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Crete was a strategic point in the eastern Mediterranean and one that the Roman Empire needed.
		Crete was necessary to the Venetians as a cross-road for their commercial interests in the East.
		In December, the Greek flag was raised at the Firkas fortress in Chania, with Venizelos and King Constantine in attendance, and Crete was unified with mainland Greece.
	www.crete-web.gr /crete/history.html (1371 words)

	Cretan History and Books
		Crete never regained its status as an important island after the demise of the Minoans and the arrival of the Dorians in the 11th century BC and there is very little to report up to the fifth century BC.
		Crete's part in WWII has been well documented and includes acts of extreme daring and bravery by the Australian, New Zealand and British troops as well as the courage and dignity of the Cretans themselves.
		In 1951 the population of Crete 1951: 462,124
	www.hellenicbookservice.com /Kriti/cretan_history.htm (2176 words)

	Crete. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The rocky northern coast of Crete is deeply indented, and the interior is largely mountainous, culminating in Mt. Ida (8,058 ft/2,456 m).
		Crete has many small farms, whose chief crops are grains, olives, and oranges, and food processing is its main industry.
		Crete had one of the world’s earliest civilizations, the Minoan civilization, named after King Minos, the legendary author of Cretan institutions; in the ruined palace at Knossos invaluable finds have been made.
	www.bartleby.com /65/cr/Crete.html (714 words)

	Crete history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Crete was settled from 7000 BC, or earlier, first in the east part.
		The population of the island increases, with the infiltration of the Dorians, especially in the West of Crete.
		Crete, because of its position had become the slave-trading capital of the East Mediterranean and a constant threat for the Byzantine Empire.
	www.rethymnoatcrete.com /creteh.htm (2096 words)

	Crete
		Crete is an island which forms a southern boundary to the Aegean Sea, and lies southeast of Greece.
		Crete is 156 miles long, seven to thirty-five miles wide, and 3,189 square miles in area.
		Crete is centrally located, but very little was known of its history prior to the Greek period.
	www.realtime.net /~wdoud/topics/crete.html (2979 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Crete's Chautauquas were among the largest in the nation.
		In 2001, the Crete community was honored to have the opportunity to experience the great tent show revival as it hosted the Great Plains Chautauqua at Tuxedo Park.
		Crete's first industry, the Crete Mills, produced flour in a small mill along the river.
	www.crete-ne.com /history.htm (420 words)

	Sfakia - Crete - Greece: History part 1
		HISTORY OF CRETE and THE REGION OF SFAKIA
		The history of Sfakia is exemplary for the history of Crete.
		Crete's position in the Mediterranean Sea is at the crossroads of traffic between Europe, Asia and Africa.
	www.sfakia-crete.com /sfakia-crete/history.html (3129 words)

	Crete - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crete has an elongated shape - 260 km from east to west and 60 km at its widest, although the island is narrower at certain points, such as in the region close to Ierapetra where it has a width of only 12 km.
		To the north Crete borders with the Sea of Crete (Greek: Κρητικό Πέλαγος), to the south it is bordered by the Libyan Sea (Greek: Λιβυκό Πέλαγος), to the west the Myrtoon Sea, to the east the Karpathion Sea.
		Odysseas Elitis was born in Heraclion (Candia) on the island of Crete, November 2, 1911.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crete (1297 words)

	Crete (Greece) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Crete was part of the Byzantine Empire from A.D. 395-1204; ruled by Venice from 1204-1669; ruled by the Turkish Ottoman Empire 1669-1898.
		Crete was occupied by the big powers, led by Britain, a little more than 100 years ago and after some discussion became an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire with Prince George of Greece as governor.
		The author notes that "[Crete and the Ionian Islands] are now integrated into Greece," implying that their flags are no longer in use.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gr-crete.html (786 words)

	interkriti: An introduction to Crete
		Known history in Crete starts during the neolithic ages.Recent excavations (especially in Eleftherna) have demonstrated the existence of various small communities during that period.
		Crete was occupied at 67 BC by the Romans.
		Crete, becomes part of the Byzantine empire from 325 AD to 824 AD and is converted to Christianity.
	www.interkriti.org /crhis1.htm (379 words)

	Crete (Creta) history - JustGreece.com
		During the Byzantine era the much coveted wealth of Crete was shown off in the mosaic floors of its basilicas and in half the churches of Greece.
		From the late 4th century until the mid-7th century, Crete was a prosperous and peaceful Byzantine province scattered with beautiful churches.
		Crete was declared autonomous in 1898 and was incorporated into the Greek State in 1913.
	www.justgreece.com /crete/history.php (456 words)

	A Brief History of Crete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Crete was subdued around 1,100 BC Knossos again meets with fires and slaughter; Cretan cities are destroyed and the property of the vanquished seized.
		We find in Crete the fetishism that is found in other primitive religions: the worship of uncut stones, of the ax and the shield, and the presence of the cross in decorations, and mysterious horns in objects of worship.
		Crete recognized the sovereignty of the Caliph of Cairo and received, in consequence, aid from the Fatimides.
	hep.physics.uoc.gr /HistCrete.htm (10914 words)

	Aptera Real Estate Agency in Chania, Crete, Greece - History of Crete Page
		HISTORY OF The island of Crete, the most southern part of Europe, is located in the middle of the Mediterranean basin, and forms a kind of bridgehead from Asia and Africa to the Greek main land and so to Europe.
		Crete is famous for its long and eventful history and its contribution to world civilization.
		The majority of the Cretan population was bound to the land and had to cultivate the fields of their lords, serve in the Venetian galleys and carry out various compulsory unpaid works.
	www.aptera-crete.gr /history-crete.htm (903 words)

	History of Crete, Neolithic and Minoan Crete, the occupation period
		History of Crete, Neolithic and Minoan Crete, the occupation period
		Crete was sold by the Turkish sultan to Egypt, starting a new period of dynasty and misfortunes.
		In 1908 the army of the four Powers left the island, after the insistence of Crete to unite with Greece and in 1913 (Union of Crete with Greece) the island became an integral part of Greece.
	www.explorecrete.com /history/crete-history.html (2166 words)

	GNTO-Greek Islands-Crete-History & Culture
		In the prime of the minoan civilization, Crete was visited by Daedalus, one of the period's greatest inventors and constructors.
		He brought Europe to Crete and, as tokens of his love, he gave to the girl: giant Talos to protect the island, a quiver of arrows that always succeeded in hitting their goal and a golden dog as her guardian angel.
		During the Venetian Rule, the population of Crete augmented, as many venetian families settled here to fortify the venetian element in Crete.The island, also known as “kingdom of Crete”, was originally divided in six “sexteria” and, later, in four counties.
	www.hri.org /infoxenios/english/crete/history.html (4541 words)

	The Jews of Crete History
		The Jews of Crete > History > The Roman Conquest
		Tacitus, in his History written in the 1st century C.E. has an interesting theory regarding the origin of the name "Judaean." He claims that the Jews were in fact Cretans and that their original name was "Idaeans" (in other words "from Mt. Ida").
		Whether or not the Jews of Crete actually did convert through shame or despair at this point in their history is unknown, but for several centuries afterwards they are not mentioned in histories dealing with the island.
	www.etz-hayyim-hania.org /_commun/hist02.html (551 words)

	Crete, IL
		Located just south of Cook County, Crete grew alongside the wagon road known as Vincennes or Hubbard's Trail, later the route of the Dixie Highway and Illinois Route 1.
		Due mainly to families associated with the Congregational Church, Crete was a key stopping point on the Underground Railroad, and strong abolitionist sentiment led to a large enlistment for the Civil War.
		The population grew from 760 in 1900 to 2,298 in 1950 and 7,346 in 2000.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/351.html (371 words)

	Sfakia - Crete - Greece: History - part 2
		Crete was governed by the Romans as part of the administrative imperial unit of Illyricum, as the southern part of the Balkan peninsula was known.
		The first three centuries of this period were quite unusual for Crete in that they were peaceful years, although the island was hit by a number of severe earthquakes, one of which in 415 destroyed Gortyn, and the plague afflicted the island quite frequently.
		Crete was divided into six provinces (“sexteria”), and, later, in four counties, but Sfakia remained out of the direct control of the Venetians who maintained only a small garrison at the castle at Omprosgialos (Chora Sfakion today), who rarely ventured out of their castle walls.
	www.sfakia-crete.com /sfakia-crete/historyb.html (4424 words)

	The History of Crete, Greece (Kriti, Hellas) - Neolithic and Minoan Periods
		Her history is full of mystery, drama and pain.
		Her known history began over 4000 years ago, as the Minoan Empire blossomed, although evidence has been found of earlier colonisation by neolithic settlers.
		It's hard to believe that Minoan history was known only through myth and legend until the middle of the 19thC.
	www.makeitcrete.com /publish/articles/05/05/history.html (676 words)

	Destinations, Greece, Crete, A Short History
		According to tradition and myths, Crete was the birthplace of Zeus, the mightiest of the Gods.
		Minos had invited him to decorate Crete with his famous marble statues which were so life like with their legs open, their arms outstretched or up and with eyes which looked like real.
		He also built the big palaces, the baths, the Labyrinth (a maze impossible to get out of and the place where Minotaur was beeing held prisoner) and the marble choir, where Ariadne, Minos’ daughter, danced with her friends during the important feasts of the year.
	www.infopelago.gr /tourism/crete/history-crete.htm (1233 words)

	CASDE \| Crete -- Saline County
		In 1875 a system of grading was introduced, having the high school separated from the "grammar department." A wooden high school was built in 1881, plus three ward-schools, one each in the east, west, and then north part of town.
		Crete also vied for the county seat on two occasions, 1877 and 1927, losing both times.
		Crete, population 4,574, is located on Highway 33 about 25 miles southwest of Lincoln, and boasts a good hospital, a new swimming pool, a community center, and a "Surry Bus." V-Co Industries provides a training and rehabilitation center for the handicapped.
	www.casde.unl.edu /history/counties/saline/crete (828 words)

	Crete \| Archive: Weather history, temperatures and climate 2002-2005
		After all, so much grows so well in Crete and winter is the time when our supply is replenished with a little rain, a little sun and moments of surprisingly mild temperatures (in the sun - fleeting moments I might add).
		Crete has escaped the July and August heat-waves that afflicted much of Europe - leading us to suggest people might "come on down and cool down...in Crete" - until now...
		Some local (Crete varies in local conditions - a large island) variations mean some places are cloudy and windy for short periods, until the middle of October the weather is moderate, cool to warm - quite sunny on occasions.
	www.cretetravel.com /weather_Crete_archive.htm (2749 words)

	The history of Crete
		From then on, Crete was invaded by all the neighbours, starting with the Mycenean, then the Dorians and later the Romans.
		The fall of the Roman Empire put Crete under the rule of the Byzantine Empire and Christianity was further established.
		The Arabs invaded and conquered Crete in the 8th - 9th century, it was taken back by Byzance and eventually sold to the Venetians in the early 13th century.
	www.west-crete.com /cretan-history.htm (319 words)

	Minoan Crete - History for Kids!
		Sometime in the Neolithic period, people came to live on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea.
		It is possible that the ashes from the volcano also were bad for Crete, but they can't have been too bad, because the Cretans went right on living in their palaces and stomping all over the Greeks and working for the Egyptians.
		The Archaeology of Minoan Crete, by Reynold Higgins and Rosemonde Nairac (1973).
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/greeks/history/minoans.htm (661 words)

	Crete History - Crete - History of Crete - Greece - CreteHolidays-
		Crete History - Crete - History of Crete - Greece - CreteHolidays-
		Lying in the fertile plateau of Messara, the town of Gortys was inhabited from the Neolithic era, but it was only after the fall of Knossos that it became the most prominent city of Crete and the Province's capital during the Roman era, that also comprised Cyrenaica (todays Libya) on the north African coast.
		The palace was the administrative, religious and commercial centre, and was surrounded by the town.
	www.creteholidays.gr /history.html (771 words)

	Sample Program, Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries
		Crete is known for it's wild and rugged natural beauty.
		Crete is a subject one could study for a lifetime while accepting that
		Crete is blessed with a warm and dry cultivation season from May to
	www.cookingincrete.com /Program.html (340 words)

	Crete/Krete photos
		I was interested in how a name for someone of little intelligence had been linked with the people from the island of Crete.
		In fact, there was nothing in my research to suggest that anyone held the people of Crete in any kind of competent.
		Crete is a very beautiful island and you should spend at least two weeks exploring it in order to get a good feel for it.
	home.comcast.net /~apollophotos/photos/greece/crete/index.html (408 words)

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