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Crete: cradle of wine.
Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Crete and wine are synonymous. The island, one of the cradles of...Aegean islands, Asia Minor and the Middle East. Later, when Crete was colonized by the Venetians between 1204 and 1669, the...and conquered the island at the end of the 17th century, Crete's prosperous wine trade was wrecked. The Ottoman ...
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Letter from Crete.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; New Year's Day on Crete dawned mild and bleary. All the archaeological...be the capital of the Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica. Crumbling Roman foundations...had taken the night boat from Piraeus to Crete just after Christmas, a groggy period in...
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AN ANCIENT DISK'S SECRET MESSAGE.(mysterious clay disk called Phaistos Disk on display at Archaeological Museum in Iraklion, Crete)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...secret message? On the Greek island of Crete, in the Mediterranean Sea, there is a message...the Archaeological Museum in Iraklion, Crete, along with other Minoan treasures. (The term Minoan refers to Crete's ancient civilization.) The disk, slightly...
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Albert Palazzo. Battle of Crete e-book plus Battle of Crete and Combat Mission--Africa Corps.(E-book review)
Magazine article from: Sabretache; 12/1/2006; ; 351 words
; Albert Palazzo. Battle of Crete e-book plus Battle of Crete and Combat Mission--Africa Corps game, 2005, Army History...reviewer I hesitated to publish a review of the Battle of Crete because it is not publicity available for sale. In the end...
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Increasing incidence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis on Crete, Greece.(DISPATCHES)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 6/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Organization (1), ZVL was first recorded on Crete in 1907, after which it featured prominently...serious public health problem. In Chania, Crete, the annual incidence in the 1930s was...dogs is thought to have reduced ZVL on Crete (3). Sandflies were not found in villages...
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The changing face of Crete.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 8/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...thousands of British tourists revisiting Crete this month will see many changes since earlier trips. Crete has changed over the last twenty or so years...tavernas into cosmopolitan restaurants. Crete has willingly invited in the twentieth century...
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Aegyptiaca on the island of Crete in their chronological context; a critical review; 2v.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2009; 212 words
; 9783700161172 Aegyptiaca on the island of Crete in their chronological context; a critical...objects found at archaeological sites on Crete with attention to their impact on Minoan...describes each of the archaeological sites on Crete associated with the objects (Vol.2). The...
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The plain of Phaistos; cycles of social complexity in the Mesara region of Crete.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 168 words
; ...social complexity in the Mesara region of Crete. Watrous, L. Vance et al. Cotsen Institute...survey of the Western Mesara region of Crete with detailed treatment of its physical...include geoarchaeology, cultural geography of Crete, agriculture and subsistence in the Ottoman...
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A nation's debt to the women of Crete.
Newspaper article from: Beverley Guardian (Driffield, England); 11/16/2006; 434 words
; ...has returned every year since 1989 to Crete, to commemorate the troops and civilians...wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Crete. He was a POW for four years, surviving...with him on his annual return visit to Crete. Mr Smithard had organised the annual parade...
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Music and musicians in Crete; performance and ethnography in a Mediterranean island society.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2008; 115 words
; 9780810860292 Music and musicians in Crete; performance and ethnography in a Mediterranean island society...ML254 Every time Dawe (ethnomusicology, U. of Leeds) returned to Crete to continue the fieldwork for the doctoral dissertation (no date...
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