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Panormos (Crete)
Panormus or Panormos ( grc, Πάνορμος), also known as Aulopotamos (Αὐλοπόταμος), was a harbour of ancient Crete. Its site is located near the modern Kastelli Mylopotamou Kastelli may refer to: *Kastelli Hill, a landform at the city of Chania, Crete, Greece *Kissamos (or Kastelli Kissamou), a settlement in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece * Kastelli, Achaea, a subdivision of Kleitoria, Achaea regional unit, .../Panormos. References Populated places in ancient Crete Former populated places in Greece {{AncientCrete-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Crete
The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia. The palace-based Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europe. After the Minoan civilization was devastated by the Thera eruption, 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. Prehistoric Crete In 2002, the paleontologist Gerard Gierlinski discovered what he claimed were fossil footprints left by ancient human relatives 5,600,000 years ago, but the claim is controversial. Excavations in South Crete in 2008–2009 revealed stone tools at least 130,000 years old. This was a sensational discovery, as the previously accepted earliest sea crossing in the Mediterranean was thought to occur around 12,000 BC. The stone tools found in the ''Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
