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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...
- 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...
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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...
- The
Cretan State (Gr****: Κρητική Πολιτεία, romanized: Kritiki Politeia;
Ottoman Turkish: كرید دولتی, romanized: Girid Devleti) was
established in 1898...
- creutzburgi), the
Cretan otter (Lutrogale (Isolalutra) cretensis), and the
Cretan shrew (Crocidura zimmermanni), as well as the
large terrestrial Cretan owl (Athene...
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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
Cretan Muslims (Gr****: Τουρκοκρητικοί or Τουρκοκρήτες, Tourkokritikí or Tourkokrítes; Turkish: Giritli,
Girit Türkleri, or
Giritli Türkler; Arabic:...
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Cretan School describes an
important school of icon painting,
under the
umbrella of post-Byzantine art,
which flourished while Crete was
under Venetian...
- at
Avaris in Egypt. The
Minoans developed two
writing systems known as
Cretan hieroglyphs and
Linear A.
Because neither script has been
fully deciphered...
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Cretan archers were a well
known class of
warrior whose specialist skills were
extensively utilized in both
ancient and
medieval warfare. They were especially...
