All we need to know about our history
History of Crete – The Twentieth Century – To Greece and 2 World Wars As Crete moved into the 20th century, with her own Assembly being presided over by Prince George of Greece, there were still many unresolved issues that Read More …
The old Thracians were maybe best known for their treasures. The ancient thracians were really rich– in both temporal and also spiritual terms. The resource of their wide range was their expertise– as well as more precisely, the expertise of Read More …
Thrace is an area covering the southeast part of the Balkan peninsula, consisting of the territories of north Greece, southern Bulgaria as well as the European part of Turkey. This is the land of the Thracians who occupy it at Read More …
But Crete’s fate was once again to fall into the melting pot of history and in 1645 A Turkish assault on Crete, at Hania, was successful. The rest of the island soon followed suit and lay under Turkish domination except Read More …
Unidentified Beginning & Exquisite Particulars Border this Horn with Lion Head artefact of Vasil Bojkov Collection Also though the silver horn itself does not have any type of design, the animal-like last appears to compensate this simplicity in the design. Read More …
As the Roman Empire disintegrated and the Byzantines grew in power the newly-named city of Constantinople (latterly Byzantium) became the capital of the Eastern Empire. Her system of government would last for hundreds of years and Crete fell within her Read More …
Crete ….. never did the name of an island conjure up more of a sense of history and drama than that of Crete. Her recorded history stretches back, literally, thousands of years. She lies, long and skinny, in the Mediterranean Read More …
For the next 2 or 3 hundred years, following the disastrous event that signalled the end of the Minoan Age, Mycenaean influence and control in Crete grew whilst Crete’s influence beyond her own shores waned dramatically. There are some indications Read More …