Travel Blog Photos from Irakleion (6)
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... from 1700-1400 B.C. is called the new palace period. In 1400 another earthquake and an attack from the Myceneans of mainland Greece caused serious destruction, began the decline of the Minoans, and moved them into the Bronze Age. In 1100 B.C. the Dorians ...
The Palace of Knossos is only a short bus ride from the Cretan port of Irakleion. Crete is a very mountainous and beautiful, but Irakleion didn't seem that great. It's a bustling commercial port for the island. The Palace of Knossos must have been ...
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