The Society of Cretan Historical Studies (Greek: Εταιρεία Κρητικών Ιστορικών Μελετών (ΕΚΙΜ)) is a research society based in Heraklion, Crete, with the aim of “supporting and promoting Cretan studies in the fields of archaeology, history, ethnography, language and literature from early Christian times onwards”. It was founded on 7 October 1951.[1]
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The Historical Museum of Crete is a museum in Heraklion, Crete. It was founded by the SocietyofCretanHistoricalStudies in 1953 and was originally housed...
developed an interest in contemporary history of Crete. He became a member of the SocietyofCretanHistoricalStudies (Greek: Εταιρεία Κρητικών Ιστορικών Μελετών...
Türkleri, or Giritli Türkler; Arabic: أتراك كريت) or Cretan Turks were the Muslim inhabitants of the island of Crete. Their descendants settled principally in...
cretensis), and the Cretan shrew (Crocidura zimmermanni), as well as the large terrestrial Cretan owl (Athene cretensis) all of which but the shrew are...
Κρητικά Χρονικά; Cretan annals) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published annually by the SocietyofCretanHistoricalStudies (Greek: Εταιρία Κρητικών...
Society, the Society for CretanHistoricalStudies, and finally, a Commendatore of the Italian Republic. In 1981, he was honoured with the title of Corresponding...
Edward Venn-Thomas, who is transported forward in time by the New Cretans. Society is organised into five "estates" or social groups: captains, recorders...
Euboea and the Cyclades: the islands of Patmos, Karpathos and nearby Sokastro came under Cretan control, and Cretan rule extended as far north as Aegina...
of Southampton 2016, Session 20. E.g. 12th International Congress of Cretological Studies 21–25 September 2016, Program/Abstracts, SocietyofCretan Historical...
writing systems known as Cretan hieroglyphs and Linear A. Because neither script has been fully deciphered, the identity of the Minoan language is unknown...
of the modern journal format, the Societyof Antiquaries of London published Vetusta Monumenta, a series of illustrated folios on antiquarian studies...
transcription of Dunbabin’s own account of his time on Crete was prepared by his nephew and published (in Greek and English) in 2015 by the SocietyofCretan Historical...
to his studies, this sentence showed that it is a Semitic language, which was written in a linearized script derived essentially from the Cretan hieroglyphs...
the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete (or North Cretan Sea) to the north and the Libyan Sea (or South Cretan Sea) to the south....
Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it. Although early Cretan coins occasionally exhibit branching (multicursal) patterns, the single-path...
Greek island of Crete began in 1877. They were led by Cretan Greek Minos Kalokairinos, a native of Heraklion. Three weeks later Turkish authorities forced...
The Cretan Gendarmerie (Greek: Κρητική Χωροφυλακή) was a gendarmerie force created under the Cretan State, after the island of Crete gained autonomy from...
Venetian conquest in 1205–1212 to its fall to the Ottoman Empire during the Cretan War (1645–1669). The island was at the time and up to the early modern era...
still is, the Cretan school as the leading school of Greek post-Byzantine painting after Crete fell to the Ottomans in 1669. Like the Cretan school, it combined...
was a Cretan Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. He is noted for his contribution to the expansion of Greece...
Balkans. They consist primarily of Ottoman-era converts to Islam from Greek Macedonia (e.g., Vallahades), Crete (Cretan Muslims), and northeastern Anatolia...
its characters consisted simply of lines inscribed in clay, in contrast to the more pictographic characters in Cretan hieroglyphs that were used during...
especially notable for the Cretan School of icon-painting, which after 1453 became the most important in the Greek world. After the peak of the Italian Renaissance...
Ἰδομενεύς) was a Cretan king and commander who led the Cretan armies to the Trojan War, in eighty black ships. He was also one of the suitors of Helen, as well...
Aigeus proclaims Theseus his son and heir. When a Cretan ship comes to collect a yearly tribute of seven boys and seven girls from Athens, Theseus, feeling...
Paleolithic society. According to Rohrlich, "many scholars are convinced that Crete was a matriarchy, ruled by a queen-priestess" and the "Cretan civilization"...
families of Crete or Twelve Archontopoula (Greek: Δώδεκα Αρχοντόπουλα) is a legend ascribing the origin of the most prominent families of the Cretan nobility...
which means "Cretan", in Ancient Greek. El Greco was born in the Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete), which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, Italy...
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