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title: Knossos
author: sagaYago
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/294/knossos/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Knossos
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/294.jpg)
## Image Caption
Knossos is the largest [Bronze Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Bronze_Age/) archaeological site on [Crete](https://www.worldhistory.org/crete/), probably the ceremonial and political center of the [Minoan civilization](https://www.worldhistory.org/Minoan_Civilization/) and [culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/culture/). It is a popular tourist destination today, as it is near the main [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Heraklion and has been substantially if imaginatively "rebuilt", making the site accessible to the casual visitor in a way that a field of unmarked ruins is not.
## Cite This Work
### APA
sagaYago. (2012, April 26). Knossos. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
sagaYago. "Knossos." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 26, 2012. .
### MLA
sagaYago. "Knossos." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Apr 2012, .
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