Knossos (English spelling)

Japanese: クノッソス（英語表記）Knossos

An ancient city on the northern coast of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea. It was the center of Cretan civilization, which is said to be the source of Aegean civilization. Excavations and investigations by A. Evans and others since 1900 have revealed its outline. At its peak, King Minos of Knossos unified the entire island of Crete and monopolized maritime rights in the eastern Mediterranean, turning Crete into a maritime kingdom trading with various regions on the east and west. At that time, Knossos was a large city consisting of a palace and the urban center surrounding it, where the royal family and aristocrats lived, and the suburbs surrounding that, where the lower classes lived. This prosperity ended around 1400 BC, and the city never regained its former prosperity.

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Japanese:

地中海のクレタ島北岸にあった古代都市。エーゲ文明の源泉とされるクレタ文明の中心地。 1900年からの A.エバンズらの発掘，調査により，その概要が明らかになっている。最盛期にはクノッソス王ミノスがクレタ全島を統一し，東地中海の海上権を独占して，クレタは東西の諸地域と交易する海上王国となった。当時のクノッソスは，宮殿とそれを取巻く王族，貴族らの住む都心部，さらにそれを取巻く下層民の住む郊外から成る大都市であった。この繁栄は前 1400年頃終り，以後再び最盛期の繁栄を取戻すことはなかった。

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