Creta (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 08, 2024 08:02 PM
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History
The island of Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589748
35.2202017602, 25.0713358993
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- Creta (750 BC - AD 640)
- INSVLA CRETICA (Insula Cretica: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Κρήτη (Kríti: Modern Greek)
- Creta (island) bounds Creticum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Creta (island) located in Internum Mare (unspecified date range)
- (W)Axos part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- *Aina? connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- *Aria? part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- *Stalai? located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Acharna connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Achladia connection Creta (island) (2000 BC - 1000 BC)
- Ag. Triada part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Aigaion part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Aigaion Antron connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Allaria? connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Amnisos connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Ampelos connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Amphimala connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Amphimales Sinus connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Anavlochos located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Anemospilia located on Creta (island) (2000 BC - 1000 BC)
- Apollonia? connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Aptera located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Araden located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Arkades connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Arkalochori cave connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Asterousia (mountain) connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Aulon/Alonion connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Azoria connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Berekynthos connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Biannos located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Bionnos? connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Boiai located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Boudroe Inss. connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Chalasmenos located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Daidala part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Dataleis? located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Diktynnaion connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Drepanon Pr. connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Dreros connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Eileithyias Antron connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Elaea located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Eleutherna connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Eleutherna Bridge located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Eltynia connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Fournou Korifi connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Galatas connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Gortyn(a) connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Gournes Cemetery located on Creta (island) (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
- Gournia connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Grammion/Gramion part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Heraklion connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Hermaia? Pr. connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Hierapolis part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Hierapytna connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2 Creta Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: island
J. Bennet, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Creta (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589748> [accessed: 22 March 2025]
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Comment originally by Robert Consoli, Sep 20, 2012 10:45 AM:
-Koumasa on Crete (more accurately, a pre-palatial cemetery and settlement at 34.983341, 25.012929) has yielded grave goods and other objects which are in the Heraklion Museum and it is a candidate for inclusion to your project. (Google Earth, September 20, 2012. 2429 feet eye altitude)