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May 21, 2024 · Settled for more than 10 millennia, Cyprus stands at a cultural, linguistic, and historic crossroads between Europe and Asia. Its chief cities—the capital of Nicosia , Limassol , Famagusta , and Paphos —have absorbed the influences of generations of conquerors, pilgrims, and travelers and have an air that is both cosmopolitan and provincial.
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Cyprus - Mediterranean, Conflict, Independence: Tools and...
- People
Cyprus - Greek, Turkish, Mediterranean: The people of Cyprus...
- Manufacturing
Cyprus - Manufacturing, Textiles, Food: Cyprus has limited...
- Cultural Life
Cyprus - Culture, Religion, Cuisine: The culture of Cyprus...
- Cyprus
Cyprus - Mediterranean, Divided, Island: The first general...
- Efforts Toward Reunification
Cyprus - Reunification, Negotiations, Conflict: Negotiations...
- Byzantine Empire
Cyprus - Byzantine Empire, Mediterranean, Divided Island:...
- Ottoman Rule
Cyprus - Ottoman Rule, Conflict, Divisions: A Turkish...
- Troodos Mountains
Troodos Mountains, mountain range in southern Cyprus,...
- Limassol
Limassol’s harbour facilities, which were extended in the...
- History
May 22, 2024 · Country name. conventional long form: Republic of Cyprus conventional short form: Cyprus local long form: Kypriaki Dimokratia (Greek)/ Kibris Cumhuriyeti (Turkish) local short form: Kypros (Greek)/ Kibris (Turkish) etymology: the derivation of the name "Cyprus" is unknown, but the extensive mining of copper metal on the island in antiquity gave rise to the Latin word "cuprum" for copper note ...
2 days ago · Cyprus, the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, has a long and complex history shaped by its strategic location at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The island was ruled by a succession of foreign powers, including the Assyrians, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Lusignans, Venetians, Ottomans, and British, each ...
2 days ago · List of countries and dependencies by area. Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which ...
1 day ago · Asia. Asia, the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass. Asia is more a geographic term than a homogeneous continent, and the use of the term to describe such a vast area always carries the potential of obscuring the enormous diversity among the regions it encompasses.
May 15, 2024 · 2 of 8 | . A woman walks across the U.N buffer zone in front of a blocked road with barrels covered, as a banner showing the Cyprus island divded, the Turkiish occupied area at the north and Cyprus republic at the south, in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
2 days ago · The Republic of Cyprus is in the eastern Mediterranean basin and is the third largest island in it after Sicily and Sardinia. Its area is nine thousand two hundred and fifty square kilometers, and its population is more than 1.26 million. It enjoys a strategic location between the three European, Asian, and African continents.
