CIVILIZATION
MINOAN
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Question
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What is the name of the legendary king of the Minoans?
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Knossos
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Marathon
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Sparta
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Minos
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Minos, legendary ruler of Crete; he was the son of Zeus, the king of the gods, and of Europa, a Phoenician princess and personification of the continent of Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -King Minos is one of the most famous kings in Greek mythology, so famous indeed, that a whole civilisation, the Minoan civilisation was named after him. The archaeologist Arthur Evans was working in the island of Crete when he came up with the name, and it was on Crete that King Minos was once said to have ruled.
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