This resource presents a balanced organization , showing all historical periods of Crete from the Neolithic Age to the invasion of the Germans in the Second World War . Particular attention was given to issues not yet been explored in depth by experts, such as the Byzantine period and the early Ottoman period . The author of this book is Professor of Byzantine Philology Philosophy at the University of Crete . His love for his country and its turbulent history turned early in the research and study of Cretan things . It effimos aka Cretological and has published more than fifty articles , referred to Cretological issues , historical , literary , linguistic and folklore . He has been awarded the " Nikos Kazantzakis " for " quality and extent of scientific contribution ."