1) Ancient city of Crete 2) Ancient realm of King Minos 3) Cnossos 4) Cnossus 5) Major city of ancient Crete 6) Minoan civilization center 7) Minoan site in Crete 8) Site of Cretan ruins 9) Town
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1) Cnossos 2) Cnossus
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Knossos or Cnossos (s; also Knossus or Cnossus s; Κνωσός or Κνωσσός, pron), is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and is considered Europe`s oldest city. The name Knossos survives from ancient Greek references to the major city of Crete. The identification of Knossos with the Bronze Age site is supported by tradition....
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[modern history] Quite apart from its value as the center of the ancient Minoan civilization, Knossos has a place in modern history as well. It witnessed the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the enosis, or `unification,` of Crete with Greece. It has been a center of Aegean art and archaeology even before its initial excavation. Currently a br...
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city in ancient Crete, capital of the legendary king Minos, and the principal centre of the Minoan, the earliest of the Aegean civilizations (see ... [9 related articles]
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Middle and Late Bronze Age settlement, 8 km/5 mi south of present-day Iraklion, Crete. Knossos is one of the main cities of what is known as the
Minoan civilization (a modern name derived from the...
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n] - an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC
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an ancient city on the island of Crete best known as the location of the great Minoan palace; Knossos was well established by the Geometric period and was the leading city on the island in the archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods; Knossos was made a Roman colony in 36 BCE and prospered until the early Byzantine period; found at Knossos are w...
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Middle and Late Bronze Age settlement, 8 km/5 mi south of present-day Iraklion, Crete. Knossos is one of the main cities of what is known as the Minoan civilization (a modern name derived from the legend of King Minos). The archaeological site, excavated by Arthur Evans in 1899–1935, inc...
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a ruined city on N central Crete; capital of the ancient Minoan civilization.
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