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The Gulf of Chania is an
Chania during antiquity
* C. Michael Hogan
* Robert Lambert Playfair (1892) ''Handbook to the Mediterranean: Its Cities, Coasts and Islands'', J. Murray publisher Gulfs of Greece Gulfs of the Aegean Sea Landforms of Chania (regional unit) Landforms of Crete {{Crete-geo-stub
The Gulf of Chania is an embayment
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of the Sea of Crete
300px, Map of the Sea of Crete
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in the northwestern region of the island of Crete
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in present-day Greece
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. One headland forming the Gulf of Chania is the promontory known as the Akrotiri Peninsula
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.
Ancient history
Inprehistory
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the powerful city of Kydonia
Kydonia or Cydonia (; grc, Κυδωνία; lat, Cydonia) was an ancient city-state on the northwest coast of the island of Crete. It is at the site of the modern-day Greek city of Chania. In legend Cydonia was founded by King Cydon (), a son ...
commanded the Gulf of Chania and was a center of early Cretan art and culture in western Crete. By 74 BC the city-state of Kydonia fended off an attack by Rome in a naval battle in the Gulf of Chania.Chania during antiquity
See also
*Britomartis
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References
Chania during antiquity
* C. Michael Hogan
* Robert Lambert Playfair (1892) ''Handbook to the Mediterranean: Its Cities, Coasts and Islands'', J. Murray publisher Gulfs of Greece Gulfs of the Aegean Sea Landforms of Chania (regional unit) Landforms of Crete {{Crete-geo-stub