This island's Amari Valley was the center of the resistance movement during German occupation following Operation Mercury, and its highest point is Mount Ida, where Zeus was supposedly born.
After conquest by Quintus Caecilius Metellus, Gortyn served as the Roman capital of this, and it is home to one of the last refuges of the kri-kri, which is found at its Samaria Gorge. After the Fourth Crusade, this island came under the rule of Venetians, who called their capital Candia, and its mountain ranges include the Dedros and Dikti. This island's Amari Valley was the center of the resistance movement during German occupation following Operation Mercury, and its highest point is Mount Ida, where Zeus was supposedly born. With capital at Heraklion, for 10 points, name this largest Greek island on which the Minoan site of Knossos lies.
After conquest by Quintus Caecilius Metellus, Gortyn served as the Roman capital of this, and it is home to one of the last refuges of the kri-kri, which is found at its Samaria Gorge.
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