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Water works, Ancient
Knossos, approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Iraklion, the modern capital of Crete, was one of the most ancient and most unique cities of the Aegean and of Europe. Knossos was first inhabited shortly after 6000 b.c.e., and within 3,000 years it had became the largest Neolithic-age (c. 5700
–
2800 b.c.e.) settlement in the Aegean. During the Bronze Age (c. 2800
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1100 b.c.e.), the Minoan civilization developed and reached its culmination as the first Greek cultural miracle of the Aegean world.
The water supply and drainage systems of Knossos were most interesting. An
aqueduct
supplied water through tubular conduits from the Kounavoi and Archanes ...
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