Crete (/ k r iː t / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti, Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

Crete was the centre of Europe's most ancient civilization, the Minoans. Tablets inscribed in Linear A have been found in numerous sites in Crete, and a few in the Aegean islands.

克里特岛[3] （希臘語： Κρήτη， 羅馬化：Kriti / Crete； 古希臘語： Κρήτη， 羅馬化：Krḗtē； 土耳其語： Girit； 聖書體：𓎡𓆑𓍘𓅱𓈉，轉寫： keftiu），舊譯 革哩底， 聖經 中又稱 迦斐托 （古希伯來文： כפתור，轉寫： caphtor），位于 地中海 北部，是 希臘 第一大岛，地中海第五大島，東西長244公里，最寬處56公里，总面积8,300平方公里。 行政上属于 克里特大区，中部為高山，最高峰海拔為2740公尺，南部山勢陡峻，特別是西南部，全為峭壁，難以開闢公路，北部較平 …

La Crète est la plus grande île de Grèce et la cinquième plus grande île de la mer Méditerranée, à la limite entre la mer Égée au nord et la mer de Libye au sud. L'île possède une forme allongée : elle s'étend sur 260 km d'est en ouest mais ne mesure que 60 km à son point le plus large et se rétrécit jusqu'à 12 km près d' Ierápetra.

The Cretan State (Greek: Κρητική Πολιτεία, romanized:Kritiki Politeia; Ottoman Turkish: كرید دولتی, romanized:Girid Devleti) was established in 1898, following the intervention by the Great Powers (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia) on the island of Crete.

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands. It separates the Aegean Sea from the rest of the Mediterranean Sea. Like the Fertile Crescent, Crete had rich soil, a warm climate, and plenty of water. [1] . With less time spent fighting to live, the Cretans began to make complicated things.

The island of Crete came under the rule of the Byzantine Empire in two periods: the first extends from the late antique period (3rd century) to the conquest of the island by Andalusian exiles in the late 820s, and the second from the island's reconquest in 961 to its capture by the competing forces of Genoa and Venice in 1205.

米諾斯文明 （英語：Minoan civilization；德語：Minoische Kultur），或譯 邁诺斯文明 、 克里特文明 、 邁諾安文明 、 邁諾亞文明 等，是 克里特 島和其他 愛琴海群島 上的 青銅器 時代 愛琴海文明。 其最早的起源可以追溯到公元前3500年，複雜的城市文明始於公元前2000年左右，然後自 公元前1450年開始衰落， 公元前1100年左右結束，在早期的 希臘黑暗時代，是當時地中海周圍地區 青銅時期晩期崩潰 的一部分。 它代表了歐洲最早之進一步發展的文明，留下了眾多龐大的建 …

2025年2月19日 · Crete, fifth largest island in the Mediterranean and largest of the islands forming part of modern Greece. Crete is where the first European civilization, the Minoan, thrived. The Minoan civilization was centred at Knossos and reached its peak in the 16th century BCE, trading widely in the eastern Mediterranean.

The University of Crete was established in 1973 and started functioning in the academic year 1977–78. [5]As with all universities in Greece, the University of Crete is a public university and as such it operates under the supervision of the state and all its educational activities, as well as a part of its research activities, rely upon government funding.