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Aegean Sea, with the Sea of
Crete (or
North Cretan Sea) to the
north and the
Libyan Sea (or
South Cretan Sea) to the south.
Crete covers 260 km from west...
- The
Cretan State (Gr****: Κρητική Πολιτεία, romanized: Kritiki Politeia;
Ottoman Turkish: كرید دولتی, romanized: Girid Devleti) was
established in 1898...
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Cretan hieroglyphs are a
hieroglyphic writing system used in
early Bronze Age Crete,
during the
Minoan era. They
predate Linear A by
about a century, but...
- In Gr**** mythology, the
Cretan Bull (Ancient Gr****: Κρὴς ταῦρος, romanized: Krḕs taûros) was the bull Pasiphaë fell in love with,
giving birth to the Minotaur...
- The
Cretan Muslims or
Cretan Turks (Gr****: Τουρκοκρητικοί or Τουρκοκρήτες, Tourkokritikí or Tourkokrítes; Turkish: Giritli,
Girit Türkleri, or Giritli...
- at
Avaris in Egypt. The
Minoans developed two
writing systems known as
Cretan hieroglyphs and
Linear A.
Because neither script has been
fully deciphered...
-
Cretan Revolt may
refer to one of the
following uprisings in Crete:
Cretan Revolt (1212) of the
Hagiostephanites family Cretan Revolt (1217) of the Skordiles...
- The
Cretan revolt of 1866–1869 (Gr****: Κρητική Επανάσταση του 1866) or
Great Cretan Revolution (Μεγάλη Κρητική Επανάσταση) was a three-year
uprising in...
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Cretan Gr****, or the
Cretan dialect (Gr****: Κρητική Διάλεκτος, [kritiˈci ðiˈal****s]), is a
variety of
Modern Gr****
spoken in
Crete and by the
Cretan...
- The
Kritikos Lagonikos (
Cretan Hound) (Gr****:Kρητικός Λαγωνικός) is a
breed of dog from the
island of Crete, in Greece. The
Cretan Hound is
recognized both...
