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Knossós (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 18 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.3000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 10 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was principal city of Crete throughout Antiquity; flourished ca. 2000-1400 BCE; was seat of legendary king Minos and labyrinth of Daedalus; best known for ruins of the great Minoan palace and Neolithic deposits. |
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| Knossós (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Knosós (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Knossos (C,V)
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| Cnossus (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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............ | was the Roman name |
| Cnossos (H,O)
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| Gnossus (H,O)
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Kríti (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Iráklion (regional division) (P) |
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Knossós (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was flourishing center by 2nd mill. BC |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| royal residence (H) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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