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    or Kingdom of Candia (Venetian: Regno de Càndia; Italian: Regno di Candia) or Duchy of Candia (Venetian: Dogado de Càndia; Italian: Ducato di Candia) was...
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    siege of Candia (now Heraklion, Crete) was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled capital city of the Kingdom of Candia. Lasting...
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  • name Candia can refer to: The House of Candia, a noble family from Savoy (14th-16th) Alfredo Ovando Candía, 56th president of Bolivia Antoinette Candia-Bailey...
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    Heraklion (redirect from Candia (Crete))
    renamed Candia and became the seat of the Duke of Candia, and the Venetian administrative district of Crete became known as "Regno di Candia" (Kingdom of Candia)...
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    The Kingdom of Greece (Greek: Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος [vaˈsili.on tis eˈlaðos]) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic...
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    Pedro de Candia (Pietro de Cândia) (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe kanˈdi.a]; Crete, Kingdom of Candia 1485–1542 Chupas, Viceroyalty of Peru) was a...
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    also known as the War of Candia (Italian: Guerra di Candia) or the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies...
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    June. Cyril Lucaris was born in Candia (Heraklion), Kingdom of Candia on 13 November 1572, when the island was part of the Venetian Republic's maritime...
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    on the Greek island of Crete (then a Venetian colony known as the Kingdom of Candia), and derived his surname Trapezuntius from the fact that his ancestors...
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    centuries (the "Kingdom of Candia"). The most important of the many rebellions that broke out during that period was the one known as the revolt of St. Titus...
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    number of palaces and fortifications appear to be part of a wider kingdom. For instance, Gla, located in the region of Boeotia, belonged to the state of nearby...
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    Kallergis family (category Kingdom of Candia)
    history of Crete but also of modern Greece. Their prominent position and privileges survived during the Venetian dominion of Crete as they were part of the...
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    El Greco (category Burials in the Province of Toledo)
    Greco was born in the Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete), which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, Italy, and the center of Post-Byzantine art...
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    emerged as a modern nation state in 1830. Over the first hundred years, the Kingdom of Greece sought territorial expansion, which was mainly realized in the...
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    Hellenistic kingdoms were established throughout West Asia (Seleucid Empire, Kingdom of Pergamon), Northeast Africa (Ptolemaic Kingdom) and South Asia...
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  • family is attested in a charter of 1234, granted by the Venetian Duke of Candia, and survived at least until the 16th century. The Vlastos (Βλαστός) family...
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    which gave Latin, Italian, and Venetian Candia, from which were derived French Candie and English Candy or Candia. Under Ottoman rule, in Ottoman Turkish...
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  • show's regular Dungeon Master. Most of the games use Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Long seasons, featuring a core cast of players in seventeen or more episodes...
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    part of the Central Greece region. After the third and fourth largest Greek islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, the rest of the islands are two-thirds of the area...
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    flag to be used by a head of state of Greece was that of King Otto of Greece. Following the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece in 1832, the 17-year...
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    This is a list of countries by population in 1500. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries...
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    Venizelou Square (Greek: Πλατεία Ελευθερίου Βενιζέλου) is a square in the city of Heraklion in Crete, named after the Cretan statesman Eleftherios Venizelos...
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    Greek language (category Languages of Albania)
    language of government and religion in the Christian Nubian kingdoms, for most of their history. Greek, in its modern form, is the official language of Greece...
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    Knossos (redirect from Palace of Knossos)
    center of the Minoan civilization and is known for its association with the Greek myth of Theseus and the minotaur. It is located on the outskirts of Heraklion...
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    Principality of Achaea, the Duchy of Athens, the Duchy of the Archipelago, and the Kingdom of Thessalonica. Under the Latin Empire, elements of feudalism...
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    Samaria Gorge (category Biosphere reserves of Greece)
    or just Φάραγγας) is a National Park of Greece since 1962 on the island of Crete – a major tourist attraction of the island – and a World's Biosphere...
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    After the loss of Cyprus to the Ottomans in the fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573), the island of Crete (the "Kingdom of Candia") was the last major...
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  • 1303 Crete earthquake (category Kingdom of Candia)
    (then Candia) to the controlling Venetian administration, written on the day of the earthquake and twenty days later. They describe the extent of damage...
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    a period of around 200 years (the 5th and 4th centuries BC) in Ancient Greece, marked by much of the eastern Aegean and northern regions of Greek culture...
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    The traditional geographic regions of Greece (Greek: γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα, lit. 'geographic departments') are the country's main historical-geographic...
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