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History of Crete - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3060 words) |
 | Crete was occupied down to the 15th century BCE by people who did not speak Greek, for evidence of their written language (Linear A) survives, and though it has not been deciphered, it is not Greek. |
| In 88 BCE Mithridates VI of Pontus on the Black Sea, went to war to halt the advance of Roman hegemony in the Aegean. |
| During the 17th century, Venice was pushed out of Crete by the Ottoman Empire, with most of the island lost after the siege of Candia (1648–1669), possibly the longest siege in history. |
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