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The Kingdom of Cyprus (French: Royaume de Chypre; Latin: Regnum Cypri) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489. [2] Initially ruled as an independent Christian kingdom, it was established by the French House of Lusignan after the Third Crusade. [2]
- Venetian Cyprus
The island of Cyprus was an overseas possession of the...
- Lord of The Mountains
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and the surrounding area....
- History
Cyprus became a Roman province in 58 BC, according to Strabo...
- History of Cyprus (1878–present)
British Cyprus (1914–1960) House in Nicosia CBD built in...
- Venetian Cyprus
Venice formally annexed the Kingdom of Cyprus in 1489, following the abdication of Catherine. [48] The Venetians fortified Nicosia by building the Walls of Nicosia, and used it as an important commercial hub. Throughout Venetian rule, the Ottoman Empire frequently raided Cyprus.
- Prehistoric Cyprus
- Bronze Age
- Early Iron Age
- Ancient Cyprus
- Medieval Cyprus
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Ottoman Cyprus
- Modern Cyprus
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Prior to the arrival of humans in Cyprus, only four terrestrial mammal species were present on the islands, including the Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus and the Cyprus dwarf elephant, which were much smaller than their mainland ancestors as as a result of insular dwarfism, with the other species being the genet Genetta plesictoides and the still living...
In the Bronze Age the first cities, such as Enkomi, were built. Systematic copper mining began, and this resource was widely traded. Mycenaean Greeks were undoubtedly inhabiting Cyprus from the late stage of the Bronze Age, while the island's Greek name is already attested from the 15th century BC in the Linear Bscript. The yet undeciphered Cypro-M...
The early Iron Age on Cyprus follows the Submycenaean period (1125–1050 BC) of the Late Bronze Age. It is divided into the Geometric (1050–700) and Archaic (700–525) periods. Foundations myths documented by classical authors connect the foundation of numerous Cypriot towns with immigrant Greek heroes in the wake of the Trojan war. For example, Teuc...
The Assyrians rediscovered Cyprus in the late eighth century BCE, yet they did not establish lasting territorial control over the island. The Assyrian name for Cyprus, Iadnana, likely designated it as the "island of the Danunians," although its exact origins remain uncertain. A stela found 1845 in Kition commemorates the victory of king Sargon II (...
After the division of the Roman Empire into an eastern half and a western half, Cyprus came under the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire. At that time, its bishop, while still subject to the Christian Church, was made autocephalous by the First Council of Ephesusin 431. The Arab Muslims invaded Cyprus in force in the 650s, but in 688, the Byzantine e...
Amalric I of Cyprus (Aimery de Lusignan) received the royal crown and title from Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. A small minority Roman Catholic population of the island was mainly confined to some coastal cities, such as Famagusta, as well as inland Nicosia, the traditional capital. Roman Catholics kept the reins of power and control, while the Gree...
Cyprus 1571
In 1571, Cyprus became an Eyalet, a province, of the Ottoman Empire until 1878. In 1571, the Turks entered the country in order of the Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573), also known as the Fourth Ottoman - Venetian War, or the War of Cyprus. Following the Ottoman Empire's invasionof Cyprus with 350-400 ships and 60,000-100,000 soldiers to take control of the island, Turks and Cypriots coexisted harmoniously on the island. Cyprus was rich in salt, sugar, cotton, grains, and other import and expo...
Religion and culture under Ottoman leadership
The Ottoman Empire was predominantly Muslim. Therefore, there was a cultural and religious clash when it conquered Cyprus. As Cyprus became a territory of the Ottoman Empire, more Muslims came to Cyprus mixing in with the Orthodox Christian Greek population of the island. That's why the Millet Systemwas introduced in Cyprus, it allowed authorities to rule over their religious minorities to keep peace in the Country. The Ottoman Empire still tried to spread the Muslim culture in Cyprus. That e...
Change of Administration of Cyprus
Since 1670, the Ottomans have shifted their governance of Cyprus and its significance multiple times. From a sanjak (sub-province) to a Grand Vizer's fief, to an eyalet, back to a fief, and finally back to a sanjak.
In 1878, as the result of the Cyprus Convention, the United Kingdom took over the government of Cyprus as a protectorate from the Ottoman Empire. In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, the Ottomans declared war on Britain, leading to the British annexation of Cyprus. The island's population welcomed the arrival of the British in 1878, as it mean...
History, general
1. Kinross, Lord. "The Problem of Cyprus." History Today(Nov 1954) 4#11 pp 725-733 2. Mallinson, William. Cyprus: A modern history(IB Tauris, 2005). 3. Wallace, Paul W., & Andreas G. Orphanides(eds.), "Sources for the History of Cyprus", vols I - XV, (Albany, NY, Greece and Cyprus Research Center, University at Albany (SUNY) 1990-2007) 4. C. D. Cobham, Excerpta Cypria: materials for a history of Cyprus(Cambridge 1908). Nice Collection of written sources. 5. D. Hunt, Footprints in Cyprus(Londo...
Prehistory
1. Vassos Karageorghis, Cyprus(1969). Includes bibliography. 2. Andreas G. Orphanides, "Late Bronze Age Socio-Economic and Political Organization, and the Hellenization of Cyprus", Athens Journal of History, volume 3, number 1, 2017, pp. 7–20 3. Veronica Tatton-Brown, Cyprus BC: 7000 years of history(London, British Museum 1979). 4. Stuart Swiny, Earliest Prehistory of Cyprus (American School of Oriental Research 2001) ISBN 0-89757-051-0 5. J. M. Webb/D. Frankel, "Characterising the Philia fa...
Classical Period
1. Paul W Wallace & Andreas G. Orphanides (eds.), "Sources for the History of Cyprus: Greek and Latin Texts to the Third Century A.D.", vol. I, (Nicosia, The Institute of Cypriot Studies, University at Albany (SUNY) & Cyprus College 1990) 2. Herodotus, "The Histories" 3. Isocrates, "Nicocles" 4. Diodorus Siculus, "Bibliothiki" (Library) 5. Arrian, "The Campaigns of Alexander the Great" 6. T. Bekker-Nielsen, The Roads of Ancient Cyprus. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum 2004.
British Cyprus (1914–1960) House in Nicosia CBD built in British colonisation era. A Cypriot demonstration in the 1930s in favour of Enosis. Cyprus was part of the British Empire under military occupation from 1914 to 1925 and a Crown colony from 1925 to 1960. Cyprus's status as a protectorate of the British Empire ended in 1914 when the ...
The ten kingdoms listed on the prism [1] of Esarhaddon in 673–2 BC have been identified as Soloi, Salamis, Paphos, Kourion, Amathus and Kition on the coast, and Tamassos, Ledrai, Idalion and Chytroi in the interior of the island. Later inscriptions add Marion, Lapithos and Kerynia (Kyrenia).
Mar 22, 2012 · Cyprus is a large island located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, south of Asia Minor, west of the Levant, and north of Egypt. The naming of the island is a matter of dispute amongst...
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Cyprus is in Asia, along with being apart of the Middle East and the Levant. The north part of the island is governed by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It is also closer to Africa than to Europe. The capital is Nicosia. The country of Cyprus does not include the whole island.
