Yet the Minoans had a remarkably advanced and cultured society, at the centre of a substantial maritime trading empire, as early as 2000 BC. It was only at the beginning of the twentieth century that the legends of King Minos, and of a Cretan society that ruled the Greek world in prehistory, were confirmed by excavations at Knossós and Festós.
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Long before, Crete was distinguished as the home of Europe’s earliest civilization. | INTR O D UCTION | WHE RE TO GO | W HE N TO GO There are two big cities, Iráklion and Haniá, a host of sizeable, historic towns, and an island culture which is uniquely Cretan: the Turks were in occupation little over a hundred years ago, and the Greek flag was raised for the first time only in 1913. Which of course it is – a mountainous, wealthy and at times surprisingly cosmopolitan one with a tremendous and unique history. Much of the time, especially in the cities or along the developed north coast, it doesn’t feel like an island at all, but a substantial land in its own right. Introduction to | INTR O D UCTION | WHE RE TO GO | W HE N TO GOĬrete Crete is a great deal more than just another Greek island.
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Hilltop chapel, Iráklion province Sunbathing, Falásarna beach 293Ī mountainous island colour section following p.360 464Īncient Crete colour section following p.168