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Crete
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Crete A strategically placed Greek island in the Mediterranean, almost equidistant from Europe, Africa, and Asia Minor. It was part of the
Ottoman Empire from the late seventeenth century, and became a part of Greece under the Treaty of London only in 1913, following a series of repeated uprisings. Owing to its strategic importance as a stepping-stone on the way to North Africa, in 1941 it was attacked by German troops. Despite strong resistance by Greek and
Commonwealth forces the Germans successfully made the first airborne invasion in military history. A bloody twelve-day battle followed, during which some 18,000
Allied troops were captured.
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Crete Country Christmasschedule finalized
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 11/27/2008; 633 words
; By Lynda Hemmerling CORRESPONDENT Crete Country Christmas is just around the corner...downtown businesses will be open late and Crete Park District will begin a scavenger hunt...administrative center, 515 First St., Crete and embarking on old-fashioned hay rides...
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Crete retreat
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 5/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...historic towns and countryside beauty. CRETE is Europe's southernmost island, lying...30s degrees Celsius. The sheer size of Crete and the geographical variety it offers...produce rough seas. Away from the coast, Crete attracts walkers to its spectacular mountains...
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Role model Maineiacs Crete happy to fill in wherever he is needed
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.; 5/2/2007; ; 700+ words
; LEWISTON - Marc-Andre Crete blends into his Lewiston surroundings well. Pass him on the street, and Crete will likely smile and nod, even though...Try to pass him on the rink, though, and Crete, despite being one of the smaller defensemen...
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Hardworking farmer Crete, 53, set an example
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 7/24/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...years since Boscawen dairy farmer Bruce Crete was diagnosed with liver cancer. Doctors...church pantry with his wife, Martha. Bruce Crete died suddenly Tuesday evening at Concord...Adam and Sarah, said doctors believe Crete suffered a heart attack. The news of his...
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With bigger crowd, Crete's magic-making hoopsters really would've been lucky seven
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 2/21/2008; 700+ words
; When I walked into the new Crete-Monee High School gymnasium Friday night...basketball regional championship game between Crete-Monee and Hillcrest left me feeling bad for the players. Hillcrest and Crete-Monee entered the contest with a combined...
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Crete players small but mighty.
Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE); 11/17/2006; 700+ words
; Byline: Doug Thomas Nov. 17--CRETE, Neb. -- If Saturday night's Class B football final between Elkhorn and Crete came with a tale of the tape, you'd look at it and wonder if Crete could find a soft spot on the canvas to land. The Cardinals...
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Property spat continuing between Crete, Sauk Village
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 2/5/2009; 542 words
; By Lynda Hemmerling CORRESPONDENT Crete and Sauk Village are continuing to negotiate over four acres in Sauk Village that Crete wants for the development of a proposed Gas City station. Crete Mayor Michael Einhorn said board members...
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Crete of the Mother Goddess.
Magazine article from: ReVision; 12/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; Communal Rituals and Sacred Art Crete today, despite its own problems of pollution...culture of the ancient Mediterranean world. Crete fascinates so many of us today in part...and the Near East, as well as Minoan Crete. The emphasis in these cultures was on...
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The other side of Crete ; For space, beauty and a true taste of the Greek island, try eastern Crete, says Cathy Hawker
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 6/25/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Lassithi region in north-east Crete, 50 minutes' drive from the main airport...sandy beaches. "The British associate Crete with mass tourism but most large hotels...Agios, this agricultural region of eastern Crete is stepping out of the shadows of the richer...
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Crete's Roman past. (excavations yield antiquities from the Roman period)
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; Roman Crete is almost `modern' compared to the timescales...when Rome tried to impose the Pax Romana on Crete's warring city states. Dr Colin Macdonald...period was certainly a very colourful time on Crete. Piracy flourished and the city states...
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Crete
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Crete , Gr. Kríti, island (1991 pop. 539,938), c...Aegean Sea, the southern part of which is also called the Sea of Crete. The rocky northern coast of Crete is deeply indented, and the interior is largely mountainous...
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Crete, battle for
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Crete, battle for, fought on this Greek island...ends of the island. It was hoped to hold Crete as a possible base from which to bomb the...eventually had to surrender. Battle for Crete : German forces landed on Crete 20–...
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Greece and Crete
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
GREECE AND CRETE GREECE AND CRETE. Greeks, until recently, have been mainly vegetarian not by choice...The traditional Greek diet and the similar diet of the people of Crete — Greece's largest island — are mainly based...
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Andrew of Crete, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Andrew of Crete, St ( c. 660–740), theologian. He became Abp. of Gortyna in Crete c. 692. In the early stages of the Iconoclastic controversy , he defended the veneration of icons. He wrote many hymns, notably a series of canons...
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Harriet Hawes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...training, she worked on the Greek island of Crete, discovering the ancient town of Gournia, one of Crete's "ninety cities" of Homer's Odyssey...follow up on recent archaeological work in Crete, and the fellowship allowed her to go...
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