 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - VaKrete vechiKristu vakanga vamuka pamwe chete navamwe vose veGreece muGreek Revolution ya1821, asi pasinei nokubudirira mumaruwa, vaOttoman vakagara mumaguta mana akasimbiswa emhenderekedzo yekuchamhembe Chania, Rethymno, Irakleio uye Agios Nikolaos uye chitsuwa ichi chakazopedzisira chatorwazve muna 1828, chikava dunhu reEjipitori Ejipitori raMuhammad Ali raive mudziviriri weOttoman Empire, asi rakasimba uye rakazvimiririra rine mauto aro. Muna 1840, Krete yakadzorerwa kudzorwa zvakananga neOttoman, ichiteverwa nokumukira kusingabudiriri kwa1841 mukutsigira kubatana neGirisi yakazvimirira. Kumwe kumukira muna 1858 kwakawana dzimwe ropafadzo, dzakadai serusununguko rwokutakura zvombo, kuenzana kwokunamata kwechiKristu nechiMuslim, uye kugadzwa kwemakurukota echiKristu ane chiremera pamusoro pedzidzo nomutemo wetsika nemhuri. Izvi zvakagumburwa nenzanga yechiMuslim, nepo maKristu akamanikidza kuti awedzere, uku achichengeta chinangwa chavo chekupedzisira cheMubatanidzwa neGirisi. 