Knossos was the center of the Minoan civilization, one of the most sophisticated civilizations in Europe.
Knossos flourished for approximately two thousand years. It had large palace buildings, extensive workshop installations and luxurious rock-cut cave and tholos tombs. As a major centre of trade and the economy, Knossos maintained ties with the majority of cities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Knossos lays approximately 5 kilometers south of Heraklion City in Crete and is open all year round. Many of Knossos artifacts are in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum.
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We present here some of the sources for this quiz. Visit them for more detailed information about Knossos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos
https://www.heraklion.gr/en/ourplace/knossos/knossos.html
http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/greeceknossos.htm
http://www.athenapub.com/11evans.htm
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Knossos is one of the four principal palace sites (In order of size) found all over Crete among the Minoan settlements, tombs and cemeteries.
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Knossos palace was built on the ruins of an area that was inhabited during the Neolithic times (6000 B.C.)
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The first to excavate at Knossos was merchant and antiquarian from Heraklion, Minos Kalokairinos.
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The archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans was alerted to a possible presence of an ancient civilization on Crete by noticing carved seal stones worn as charms by native Cretans.
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The term Minoan Civilization was coined by Sir Arthur Evans, in reference to the legendary King Minos.
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The Minoan Civilization is considered as the first advanced civilization of the prehistoric Aegean region but also of the entire Europe.
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In its peak, the palace and surrounding city boasted a population of 100.000 people
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Knossos was the residence of a monarch, thus it was named ‘the palace of Knossos’
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At Knossos we find the earliest known flushing toilet. The toilet was screened off by partitions and was flushed by rain water or by water held in cisterns from conduits built into the wall.
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True
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In Knossos not just palaces but ordinary homes were heated with sophisticated hypocaust systems, where heat was conducted under the floor, the earliest known to exist.
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True
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Cool quiz, not a good score but fun!
I actually got 9/10 correct
got 9 out of 10 right!
Great!
9/10
Well done! To tell you the truth, if someone else had posted it, it would probably be my score too!
Good quiz 8/10
Thank you Lado!
You got 7 out of 10 right!
Great!
4 out of 10
There’s room for improvement, but thank you for trying and commenting!
You are welcome 🙂
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Thank you for commenting!
cool post
Thank you!
8/10. I thought it’s all yes. Lol.
Haha, there were just a couple of tricky questions, yes!
You got 10 out of 10 right!
Perfect. You rock!
You rock!
You got 9 out of 10 right!
Perfect. You rock!
Great!!!
10 out of 10.
Congratulations!!!
Cool quiz 🙂
I am happy you liked it!
6/10 :v
If you play again it will surely be 10/10! Thank you for commenting!
would cheat haha 😀
You got 8 out of 10 right!
Great
A really nice score 🙂 Well done Albert!
Just lucky, my friend
Only missed one. It has always blown me away that such an ancient civilization could achieve such a high level of technology and then just vanish overnight…
True, nature is unpredictable and it is a real pity (in so many cases…)
So many innovations were lost, not to be seen again for thousands of years
9/10 – not bad at all!
Fabulous score!
8 out of 10. Not bad 🙂
Really nice!
I love history, especially ancient Greek, since it’s a cradle of modern society. Besides, I consider Greek my neighbor, because I am from Serbia. 🙂
Serbia is a beautiful country : )
Sorry, I miswrote Greece 😀
No problem 🙂
Very nicely presented information 🙂
Thank you so much, appreciate your comment : )