Cnossian
- a word derived from Cnossus.
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But it finally destroyed the Cnossian palace and initiated the ``Geometric'' Age, with which, for convenience at any rate, we may close the history of Aegean civilization proper.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The security of the island was apparently violated not long after 1500 B.C., the Cnossian palace was sacked and burned, and Cretan art suffered an irreparable blow.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
To a period contemporary with the concluding age of the Cnossian palace must be referred a remarkable sarcophagus belonging to a neighbouring cemetery.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
Independent local developments of art before the middle of the 2nd millennium B.C. suggest the early existence of independent units in various parts, of which the strongest was the Cnossian.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The shaft-graves in the Mycenae circle are also a late type, paralleled in the later Cnossian cemetery.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
