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Greece. Crete (/ kriːt / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern:Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient:Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located about 100 km (62 mi) south ...
City-states in Crete. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. K. Knossos (3 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Cretan city-states"
A. Agios Nikolaos, Crete (13 P) Agios Vasileios, Rethymno (11 P) Amari (municipality) (6 P) Anogeia (2 P) Apokoronas (24 P)
Topographic map of Greece. Greece is located in South Eastern Europe, bordering the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a peninsular country, with an archipelago of about 3,000 islands. It has a total area of 131,957 km 2 (50,949 sq mi), [6] of which land area is 130,647 km 2 and internal waters (lakes and rivers) account for 1,310 km 2.
Chania (Greek: Χανιά, Khaniá, pronounced [xaˈɲa] ⓘ), also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about 70 km (43 mi) west of Rethymno and 145 km (90 mi) west of Heraklion.
Heraklion or Herakleion (/ hɪˈrækliən / hih-RAK-lee-ən; Greek: Ηράκλειο, Irákleio, pronounced [iˈrakli.o]), [4] sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a municipal population of 179,302 (2021 ...
The Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europe. During the Iron Age, Crete developed an Ancient Greece -influenced organization of city-states, then successively became part of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Venetian Republic, the Ottoman Empire, an autonomous state, and the modern state of Greece.
Rethymno (also Rethymnon; Greek: Ρέθυμνο [ˈreθimno]) is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 35,000 inhabitants (nearly 40,000 for the municipal unit). Rethymno was originally built during the Minoan civilization (ancient Rhithymna and Arsinoe).