{"id":3058,"date":"2022-12-15T03:32:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T03:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingwriter.com\/blog\/?p=3058"},"modified":"2022-12-15T03:32:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T03:32:42","slug":"a-traveling-writers-guide-to-crete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwriter.com\/blog\/a-traveling-writers-guide-to-crete\/","title":{"rendered":"A Traveling Writer’s Guide To Crete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This Traveling Writer\u2019s Guide To Crete was created \ufeffspecifically with the needs of a writer in mind. A traveling writer needs to know the history, where to find inspiration, a great place to write, and a great place to lay their head. That way all your energy can funnel into creating!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is believed<\/a> that early hominids settled on Crete, as stone tools dating back 130,000 years have been found there. However human settlement seems to have begun around 6500 BCE. Three thousand years later, the Minoan civilization began. Artifacts from this time were just tombs and cases however 1000 years later the Minoans built palaces, sculptures, pottery, jewelry and metalwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crete was inhabited mostly by Minoan until around 1500 BCE when the Mycenae came to Crete and introduced a form of writing used for record keeping. Then after a major earthquake, the Mycenaeans took hold of the area. After this time, around 1200 BCE, the Dorians moved to the land as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, Crete was ruled by the Romans, Arabs, Venetians, and Turks, but never lost its Orthodox religion or Greek language. After expelling the Turks in 1898, Crete returned to Greek rule and was autonomous until it joined with Greece in 1913. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Knossos<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This site was once the Minoan capital of Crete. Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete, and has been called Europe’s oldest city. It was inhabited as early as the Neolithic period. Within the city are the remains of an immense palace. Legend has it that this is where King Minos once kept his Minotaur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n