The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler.

Welcome to the History of the World Podcast. Today is a special episode written

the History of the World Podcast Illuminati member pre-Carpinter. This is the history of Crete. Oh, you know. Oh, The formation of the Mediterranean Sea over millions of years has fascinated scientists who look for geological links to paint a picture of the sequence of events.

In fact, it seems that the Mediterranean Sea

was once part of a major waterway called the Tethys Sea which separated the landmass of Eurasia

from the joint landmass of Africa and Arabia.

It would be the clash of these two land masses which would separate the Arabian Sea

from the Mediterranean Sea.

A temporary closure of the Strait of Gibraltar would cause the Mediterranean

sea to dry out before a hypothesized event called the Zankleon flood saw the Strait of

Gibraltar recreated by a breach of Atlantic water,

causing a highly dramatic flooding of the land between Europe and Africa,

which left promenatories of land poking out of the water such as the island of Crete.

Previous to this deluge which theoretically happened just over 5 million years ago, Crete would have been part of a landmass which made up the tectonic plate called the Aegean Sea plate.

The Aegean Sea Plate. The Aegean Sea Plate contains many of the Cycladic islands, but also

the Greek land called the Peloponese. Much of these lands would have once been part of the Tethys Sea Bed, but the movement of Africa

towards Europe around 20 million years ago is likely to have pushed the seabed upwards and beyond the surface of the water,

giving birth to the dry lands of the island of Crete.

Crete is the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus and Corsica.

It is the largest of the islands that belong to Greece and with

over 600,000 residents very easily the most populated.

It marks the southern border of the Aegean Sea

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