Crete
Largest Hellenic isle
Crete is a large Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean, the largest of the Greek islands and fifth-largest in the Mediterranean Sea.
It was the center of the ancient Minoan civilization, Europe's earliest advanced culture.
We spent two weeks exploring Crete.
The adjective is Cretan.
Ancient Cretan city
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- labyrinthIntricate passage network
excavation · Malia · double axe · throne room · snake goddess
Bull-man of Greek myth
- labyrinthIntricate passage network
- TheseusAthenian hero, beast-slayer
- AriadneMythical thread-giver
- DaedalusLegendary craftsman and inventor
Icarus · King Minos · Zeus · Talos · Europa · bull · maze · Rhea
Eastern Mediterranean sea
island · coastline · ferry · harbor · Cyclades · Rhodes · Santorini · olive grove
Anise-flavored Turkish spirit
Knossos
Ancient Cretan city
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
labyrinth · excavation · Malia · double axe · throne room · snake goddess
Minotaur
Bull-man of Greek myth
Daedalus · Icarus · King Minos · Zeus · Talos · Europa · bull · maze · Rhea · thread
Aegean
Eastern Mediterranean sea
maritime · island · coastline · ferry · harbor · Cyclades · Rhodes · Santorini · olive grove · vineyard
raki
Anise-flavored Turkish spirit
White Mountains
Northeast American mountain range
- islandsisland, isle, isles, islet, islets
- European IslandsSicily, Malta, Cyprus, Corsica, Sardinia
- Greek placesAthens, Thessaloniki, Corfu, Rhodes, Sparta
- Historic IslandsAlcatraz, Ellis Island, Elba, Devil's Island, Robben Island
- AegeanAegean Sea, Cyclades, Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes
- Aegean AntiquityMinoan, Mycenaean, Knossos, Troy, Cyclades
CreteAttica
Greek region containing Athens
Macedonia · Thrace · northern Greece · Thessaly · Thessaloniki
CreteMycenae
Ancient Greek citadel-city
Troy · Egypt · Mesopotamia
- Late CretaceousLast dinosaur epoch
- Early CretaceousMesozoic epoch, 145-100 million ago
- Cretaceous periodFinal Mesozoic geological era