Chania () is one of the four regional units of Crete ; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island.

One such area is located at the island of Elafonisi on the coast of southwestern Crete.

The area south of Crete, known as the Greek Abyss, hosts many of them.

The Crete Senesi refers to an area of the Italian region of Tuscany to the south of Siena.

After the Fourth Crusade ( 1204 ) and the fall of Byzantium in the Hellenic area, Crete was given to Bonifacio, Marquess of Montferrat.

In western Europe, a common variety of Malvasia is known as Malvasia Bianca di Candia ( white malmsey of Crete ), from its reputed origin in that area.

Euboea (;, Euvoia ;, Eúboia ) is the second largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete.

In 1941 during World War II the ANZAC forces delayed the invading German forces in the area enough to allow the evacuation of the British expeditionary force to Crete.

The area the first unit begins in is based on the specific civilization represented ( e. g. on the island of Crete for the Cretans or in Africa for the Egyptians ).

In the aftermath of the German invasion of Greece, only the island of Crete remained in Allied hands in the Aegean area.

Operation Zeppelin was the Mediterranean equivalent of Fortitude, intended to tie down German forces in the area by threatening landings in the Balkans, particularly Crete or Romania.

** Crete Senesi, an area of the Italian region of Tuscany to the south of Siena

In 1570 Murat Reis, in command of a fleet of 25 galleys, was assigned with the task of clearing the area between Crete, Rhodes and Cyprus for the build-up of the naval siege and eventual conquest of Cyprus.

Sfakiá () is a mountainous area in the southwestern part of the island of Crete, in the Chania regional unit.

With a 2001 census population of 2, 446 inhabitants living on a land area of 467, 58 km², Sfakia is one of the largest and least densely populated municipalities on the island of Crete.

Taking advantage of the internal political and personal disputes in IMRO, Katehakis and Karavangelis initially succeeded to recruit some IMRO former members and to organize guerrilla groups, that were later reinforced with people sent from Greece and thus were mainly composed of ex-officers of the Hellenic Army, volunteers brought from Crete, from the Mani area of the Peloponnese, as well as Macedonian Greeks, such as Evangelos Natsis from the village of Asprogia, Lazaros Apostolidis from Kastoria, Captain Giaglis from Ierissos, Konstantinos Kottas from the village of Roulia, Florina Prefecture ( a former adherent of the IMRO ), Michael Sionidis, Captain Ramnalis, Pantelis Papaioannou, Stefanos Papagalos from Veria, Dimitrios Dalipis from Kastoria, Pericles Drakos from Kavala, Christos Dellios, Christos Argyrakos and many more.

In the archaic and classical periods, there were three main dialects of the Greek language: Aeolic, Ionic, and Doric, corresponding to the three main tribes of the Greeks, the Aeolians ( chiefly living in the islands of the Aegean and the west coast of Asia Minor north of Smyrna ), the Ionians ( mostly settled in the west coast of Asia Minor, including Smyrna and the area to the south of it ), and the Dorians ( primarily the Greeks of the coast of the Pelopennesus, for example, of Sparta, Crete and the southernmost parts of the west coast of Asia Minor ).

West Siang district occupies an area of, comparatively equivalent to Crete.

The Russian post offices in Crete were established by Russia in the area of Crete it occupied as part of the joint occupying force that arrived in 1898.

The earliest history of the local area is related to the founding of the nearby ancient city of Kydonia, one of the most powerful cities of ancient Crete.

The presence of Mount Ida ( Crete ), which is a sacred mountain because it was legendarily the childhood home of Zeus, made the area attractive to early settlers.

The area is very green and fertile, unusual for rocky Crete.

It is located 26 km from Chania in north west Crete, and is the chief settlement of the Apokoronas area.

Apollo Delphinios was a sea-god especially worshiped in Crete and in the islands, and his name indicates his connection with Delphi and the holy serpent Delphyne ( womb ).

Although Crete had contacts with Mari from 2000 BC, there is no evidence that the ecstatic prophetic art existed during the Minoan and Mycenean ages.

The story indicates that Epimenides was probably heir to the shamanic religions of Asia, and proves together with the Homeric hymn, that Crete had a resisting religion up to the historical times.

The Aegean Islands are found within its waters, with the following islands delimiting the sea on the south ( generally from west to east ): Kythera, Antikythera, Crete, Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes.

The bays and gulfs of the Aegean beginning at the South and moving clockwise include on Crete, the Mirabelli, Almyros, Souda and Chania bays or gulfs, on the mainland the Myrtoan Sea to the west, the Saronic Gulf northwestward, the Petalies Gulf which connects with the South Euboic Sea, the Pagasetic Gulf which connects with the North Euboic Sea, the Thermian Gulf northwestward, the Chalkidiki Peninsula including the Cassandra and the Singitic Gulfs, northward the Strymonian Gulf and the Gulf of Kavala and the rest are in Turkey ; Saros Gulf, Edremit Gulf, Dikili Gulf, Çandarlı Gulf, İzmir Gulf, Kuşadası Gulf, Gulf of Gökova, Güllük Gulf.

* Detailed cultural studies of Minoan Crete and relations with the mainland " Mycenean " tribes of Achaians

* 1900 – Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.

Crete is associated with the Minoan civilization from the Early Bronze Age.

The Cyclades converge with the mainland during the Early Helladic (" Minyan ") period and with Crete in the Middle Minoan period.

Thus the " Aegean Area " has now come to mean the Archipelago with Crete and Cyprus, the Hellenic peninsula with the Ionian islands, and Western Anatolia.

Jerome states that Apollos was so dissatisfied with the division at Corinth, that he retired to Crete with Zenas, a doctor of the law ; and that the schism having been healed by Paul's letter to the Corinthians, Apollos returned to the city, and became its bishop.

In the Epistle to Titus, Apollos is mentioned with Zenas as bearer of the letter to Crete.

Board game with inlays of ivory, rock crystal and glass paste, covered with gold and silver leaf, on a wooden base ( Knossos, Minoan chronology | New Palace period 1600 – 1500 B. C., Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete )

The earliest evidence for fist fighting with any kind of gloves can be found on Minoan Crete ( c. 1500 – 900 BC ), and on Sardinia, if we consider the boxing statues of Prama mountains ( c. 2000 – 1000 BC ).

These mountains lavished Crete with valleys, such as Amari valley, fertile plateaus, such as Lasithi plateau, Omalos and Nidha ; caves, such as Diktaion and Idaion ( the birthplace of the ancient Greek god Zeus ); and a number of gorges.

Crete is the most populous island in Greece with a population of more than 500, 000 people.

Crete with its nearby islands form the Crete Region (), one of the 13 regions of Greece which were established in the 1987 administrative reform.

Crete is in a direct line from the natural harbor of Argo, a direction which due the shape of Argo's harbor, and surrounding coastline, requires that all ships initially take this course.

The end of the campaign on the mainland meant the sole remaining objective was the island of Crete, which lay off Grecce ' southern coastline.

Cretan Turks (, ) or Cretan Muslims () cover Muslims who arrived in Turkey after or slightly before the start of the Greek rule in Crete in 1908 and especially in the framework of the 1923 agreement for the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations and have settled on the coastline stretching from the Çanakkale to İskenderun.