 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokukunda kweOttoman kweKupro muna 1571, Krete yakanga iri nzvimbo huru yokupedzisira yeVenice yokumhiri kwemakungwa. Kushaya simba kwemauto kweRepublic, pamwe chete nepfuma yechitsuwa ichi uye nzvimbo yaro inokosha inodzora nzira dzemvura dzeEastern Mediterranean zvakakwezva kutarisisa kweHumambo hweOttoman. MuHondo yeKrete yakareba uye yakaparadza 1645-1669, nyika mbiri idzi dzakarwa kuti dzive neKrete: maOttoman akakurumidza kukunda chikamu chikuru chechitsuwa ichi, asi akakundikana kutora Candia, iyo yakamira, ichibatsirwa neVenetian naval superiority uye maOttoman anotsausa kumwe kunhu, kusvika 1669. Zvitsuwa zvitatu bedzi zvine nhare zveSouda, Gramvousa uye Spinalonga zvakaramba zviri mumaoko evaVenetian. Kuedza kudzorera Candia munguva yeHondo yeMorean kwakakundikana, uye idzi nzvimbo dzekupedzisira dzeVenetian dzakapedzisira dzatorwa nemaTurkey muna 1715, panguva yekupedzisira yeOttoman-Venetian Hondo. 