Sariyannis, Marinos

Heraklion (Gk. Chandax, Kastro, Megalo Kastro, mod. Hērakleio; Mod. Turk. Kandiye, Ott. Qandiye), also known as Candia (its Venetian name) is a town on the north coast of Crete. When an Arab fleet conquered Crete from the Byzantines, in 212/827–8, a camp fortified with a ditch—A…

Crete (Ar. Iqrīṭish; Tr. Girit; Ott. Girīd; Gr. Krētē) is an island in the eastern Mediterranean, at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea, approximately 256 kilometres long and from 12 to 57 kilometres wide, with a total area of 8,336 square kilometres. The fifth largest island i…