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Trivia about crete
This Mediterranean island shares its name with President Garfield's nickname for his wife
Gavdos, an islet administratively part of this larger island, is Europe's southernmost point
After a 20-year siege, the Turks took control of this Greek island in 1669 & held it for over 200 years
Iraklion is the administrative center of this island, modern Greece's largest
Samaria isn't a gorge of the jungle, it's on this Greek isle that was home to the Minoans
Politically, this Greek island is divided into 4 departments: Canea, Lasithi, Rethymne & Iraklion
When El Greco was born on this isle in 1541, it was under Venetian rule, not Greek
Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur
The excavated ancient palace of Knossos can be seen when visiting this large Greek island
The Minoan civilization, named for the mythological King Minos, was centered on this island
Excurstions are available from this largest Greek island to Santorini, which some call the "Lost Atlantis"
In 1700 B.C. the palace of Knossos on this Minoan island was destroyed by an earthquake
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Ottoman Empire reached its greatest extent by 1683, with one of its last acquisitions being this island conquered in 1669 after a 21-year siege
Around 4,500 years ago, the bronze age Minoan civilization emerged on this Mediterranean island
Mementos of the life & work of Nikos Kazantzakis can be found at the Museum in Iraklion on this largest Greek Island
Daedalus was imprisoned
Ency. Americana says that topless dresses were the fashion of the day for women on this Minoan isle
The earliest known surviving bathtub dates back to 1700 B.C. & was used in the Palace of Knossos on this island
Once the Turks took Eracleon in 1669 after a 20-year siege, this Greek island soon fell
Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur
The legendary labyrinth was found on this island
Knossos on this island was the center of a highly developed civilization in the 2nd millennium B.C.
It's the southernmost Greek island, & the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean
El Greco probably received his early training painting icons on this, his native island
Harriet Boyd Hawes was the first woman to discover & excavate a Minoan settlement on this island
Work began circa 2000 B.C. on the Palace at Knossos on this island; centuries later it was still going -- oy, contractors
Home to the ancient ruined Minoan palace of Knossos, it's Greece's largest island
4,000 years ago, this island was starting its middle Minoan period
The first palace at Knossos on this Mediterranean island was built around 2000 B.C.
Early cultivation of crocus is depicted in frescoes found in this Mediterranean island's Knossos Archaeology Site
Hephaestus made Talus, a man of brass, to guard this island for its ruler Minos