Crete, Crete is the 5th largest island in the Mediterranean, Rhodes is the 9th largest.
Greece.
CRETE is much larger than Rhodes. Crete is 8,303 sq. km. or 3,206 sq mi, while Rhodes is 1,402 sq. km. or 541 sq mi.
There are a number of islands just northeast of Crete, including Dragonada, Karpathos, Kos and Rhodes.
Rhodes
Three Greek Islands are: -Crete(largest Greek island by area) -Paros -Rhodes
The Minoan homeland was the island of Crete but they were trading all over the eastern Mediterranean and had colonies on other islands nearby such as Thera, (Santorini), Rhodes and others.
about how far is it from the western coast Crete to the eastern coast
Crete and Rhodes are the two largest islands in the Aegean Sea.
the civilization developed on the island of Crete
* Chios * Corfu * Corsica * Crete * Cyprus * Kefalonia * Lesbos * Malta * Majorca * Rhodes * Sardinia * Sicily
The largest island that makes up Greece is Crete.