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'''''[[Polis]]''''' is the ancient Greek concept of the city-state or body of citizens. * Polis, Crete, an early name of modern [[Argyroupoli, Rethymno]] ...

...e site is on the plain of [[Amari Valley|Amari]], west of the [[Mount Ida, Crete|Ida]] [[massif]], {{convert|38|km|0|abbr=off}} from [[Rethymnon]]. ...s the south coast of Crete to the west of Phaistos with the north coast of Crete at present day Rethymno. It is quite likely that Monastiraki was developed ...

{{Short description|Language of ancient Minoans written in Cretan hieroglyphs and Linear A syllabary}} | region = [[Crete]] ...

| image_caption = [[Monemvasia]] island in southern [[Greece]], the ancient '''Minoa''' | map_caption = [[Heraclea Minoa]] at the mouth of the river [[Platani (river)|Platani]] in [[Sicily]] ...

...opean languages]] and showed how they were influenced by non-Indo-European languages, such as [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]]. ...The discoveries of the archaeologist Sir [[Arthur Evans]] at [[Knossos]], Crete, around 1900 tended to confirm Kretschmer's views. ...

...]], [[Crete#Administration|Crete]], [[Greece]]|caption=The central portion of the bronze labrys bears inscriptions}} ...in the same cave,<ref>Flouda, 46-48</ref> but this one is unusual because of its large size and because it is inscribed with fifteen symbols. Most are ...

| name = The Land of Foam | image = The Land of Foam bookcover.jpg ...

{{Short description|Extinct Indo-European language of the Balkans}} ...elled '''Paionian''', is a poorly attested, extinct language spoken by the ancient [[Paeonians]] until [[late antiquity]]. ...

...tory and linguistics of the Mediterranean, and especially of [[Crete]] and of the [[Minoan civilization]]. ...niversities starting from 1955. His doctoral thesis was under the guidance of Dr. [[Charles Picard]]. ...

...nguists'''. For other Jewish Americans, see [[Lists of American Jews|Lists of Jewish Americans]]. ...ps://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/09/us/cyrus-gordon-dies-at-92-studied-ancient-languages.html|work= New York Times}}</ref> ...

{{Short description|Pre-Greek language in Crete}} |region = [[Crete]] ...

...n's Bookwatch]</ref> and compared to the [[Boy's Own Paper]] and the works of [[Agatha Christie]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boomerangbooks.com/cont ...s. The Cairo Jim and Jocelyn Osgood books are published in many different languages in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[Japan]], [[Korea]], [[Germany]] ...

...fferent directions and it is not clear which represents the ancestral form of the language.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n9p4rl0 ...ilable or more thorough comparative research is done. Extinct unclassified languages for which little evidence has been preserved are likely to remain in limbo ...

...on = {{center|Bronze cast figure of a<br/>kithara player from [[Crete]].}} ...[[lyre]], and [[phorminx]], provided it was a version with the same number of strings as the standard [[kithara]]. ...

{{short description|Ancient Roman god of grains}} {{Ancient Roman religion}} ...

...Kapadapuram''') was the capital of the ancient [[Pandyas|Pandian]] kingdom of the Meen'Koodal epoch (the second [[Tamil Sangams|Sangam]] academy). The gr ...[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/kayalpatnam.html Concise History of Kayalpatnam] - by, Dr. R.S. Abdul Latiff M.A.D.Litt.</ref> ...

| image_caption = View of Levitha island | location = <!-- mandatory, body of water where located --> ...

{{short description|Greek Resistance member on Crete}} ...or the [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE) operations on Crete, as part of the [[Cretan resistance]]. During the postwar years he was at first mistake ...

...וטם שעיר.jpg|thumb|''Cistus creticus'', the hoary rock-rose, is one source of labdanum.]] ...torically used in [[herbal medicine]] and is still used in the preparation of some [[perfume]]s and [[vermouth|vermouths]]. ...