| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Crete |
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| Island in southeastern Greece in the Mediterranean Sea. | 1 |
| ‡ Crete is the largest of the Greek islands. | 2 |
| ‡ One of the world’s earliest civilizations, the Minoan civilization, reached its peak in Crete in 1600 B.C. | 3 |
| ‡ In Greek mythology, Crete was Minos’s kingdom, where the Minotaur lived at the center of the Labyrinth. | 4 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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