• This is a list of rulers of the island of Crete throughout its history. Crete was conquered for the Roman Republic by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus...
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    became one of the richest people in Eastern Europe. Cretan Revolt History of Greece Neolithic Greece List of rulers of Crete Hopkins, Adam Crete : its past...
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    of the German Basketball Bundesliga is from Heraklion, Crete Cretan Greek Cretan lyra Cretan wine List of novels set in Crete List of rulers of Crete...
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    Crete and Cyrenaica (Latin: Creta et Cyrenaica, Koinē Greek: Κρήτη καὶ Κυρηναϊκή, romanized: Krḗtē kaì Kyrēnaïkḗ) was a senatorial province of the Roman...
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    The Emirate of Crete (Arabic: إقريطش, romanized: Iqrīṭish or إقريطية, Iqrīṭiya; Greek: Κρήτη, romanized: Krētē) was an Islamic state that existed on the...
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    island of Crete. Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, it is often regarded as the first civilization in Europe. The ruins of the Minoan...
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    division of the Roman Empire in 395. Emperors listed below up to Theodosius I in 395 were sole or joint rulers of the entire Roman Empire. The Western Roman...
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  • Government of Western Thrace (1913) Greece Pashalik of Yanina (1788–1822) Emirate of Crete (820–961) Albania Pashalik of Scutari (1757–1831) Pashalik of Berat...
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  • Triada, Crete Heraion of Argos, Peloponnese Heraion of Samos, Samos, North Aegean Ialysos at Rhodes, South Aegean Ierapetra and Vasiliki, Crete Isthmia...
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    emergence of the first state societies can be inferred, notably in the Fertile Crescent (notably Sumer) Predynastic Egypt, and Proto-Minoan Crete, with late...
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    Emirate of Granada, modern southern Spain 1228–1492 Córdoba Badajoz Granada Emirate of Crete, Crete, modern Greece, 824 or 827/828 to 961 Emirate of Bari...
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    Minoan palaces (category History of Crete)
    were massive building complexes built on Crete during the Bronze Age. They are often considered emblematic of the Minoan civilization and are modern tourist...
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  • wives of the Dioscuri Phoebe (Φοίβη), wife of Pollux Hilaera (Ἱλάειρα), wife of Castor Minos (Μίνως), a king of Crete, appointed as a Judge of the Dead...
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  • Leo VI the Wise, Co-Emperor (870–886), Emperor (886–912) Emirate of Crete (complete list) – Abu Hafs Umar al-Iqritishi, Emir (827/828–c.855) Shu'ayb ibn...
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    The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward...
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    This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century. The Russian...
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    possibly indicating an "increased adoption of Egyptian decorum". The names of Hyksos rulers in the Turin list are without the royal cartouche and have the...
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  • years later. Memnon: son of Tithonus and Eos, a Titan goddess of the dawn. Minos: son of Zeus and Europa, and king of Crete. He commissioned Daedalus...
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    the Kassite rulers of Babylon from murex molluscs as early as 1600 BC, and on the Mediterranean coast by the Phoenicians from a byproduct of glassmaking...
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    works of art, and writing system. The Mycenaeans were mainland Greek peoples who were likely stimulated by their contact with insular Minoan Crete and other...
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    Zeus (redirect from Birth of Zeus)
    came to be venerated in Crete as Zeus Velchanos ("boy-Zeus"), often simply the Kouros. In Crete, Zeus was worshipped at a number of caves at Knossos, Ida...
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    Africa (redirect from Politics of Africa)
    and Nubia, and, according to Martin Bernal, as far north as Crete. An independent centre of civilization with trading links to Phoenicia was established...
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    for nearly 300 years. All the male rulers of the dynasty took the name Ptolemy, while princesses and female rulers preferred the names Cleopatra, Arsinoë...
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  • This is a list of mercenaries. It includes foreign volunteers, private military contractors, and other "soldiers of fortune". Andrade, Tonio. (2016) The...
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  • Basil II, Junior Co-Emperor (960–976), Emperor (976–1025) Emirate of Crete (complete list) – Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb al-Zarkun, Emir (c.895–910) Yusuf ibn Umar...
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    of the Late Minoan period on Crete. c. 1700 BC: Aegean metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of Ancient Near East jewelers, whose...
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    original on 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2020-03-28. Geoffrey A. Hosking (2006). "Rulers and victims: the Russians in the Soviet Union". Harvard University Press...
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  • Emirate: (1300 - 1389); Halcyon Days in Crete I; a symposium held in Rethymnon 11 - 13 January 1991. Rethymnon: Crete Univ. Press. ISBN 978-960-7309-58-7...
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  • 3400 BC – 1022 AD) Monarchy of China (c. 2852 BC – 1912 AD; ended by revolution) Chinese Empire (221 BC – 1912 AD) Minoan Crete (c. 2600 BC – 1200 BC) Gojoseon...
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    September 1821, the Greeks, under the leadership of Theodoros Kolokotronis, captured Tripolitsa. Revolts in Crete, Macedonia, and Central Greece broke out, but...
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