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05-13-2012, 05:57 AM
Cyprus is a Eurasian island country located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria, Lebanon and Israel and north of Egypt. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and the Republic of Cyprus is a member state of the European Union.
The earliest known human activity on the island dates back to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, which has been declared a World Heritage Site with an "enhanced protection" status in the event of armed conflict by UNESCO, along with the archaeological sites of Paphos and the Painted Churches of the Troodos Region. Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world, and is the site of the earliest known example of feline domestication.
At a strategic location in the Middle East, Cyprus has been occupied by several major powers, including the empires of the Hittites, Mycenaean Greece, Assyrians, Egyptians, Persians, Alexander the Great, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rashidun and Umayyad Arab caliphates, the Latin kings Lusignans, Venetians, and Ottomans. Settled by Mycenean Greeks in the 2nd millennium BC, the island also experienced long periods of Greek rule under the Ptolemaic Egyptians and the Byzantines. In 333 BC, Alexander the Great conquered the island from the Persians. The Ottoman Empire conquered the island in 1571 and it remained under Ottoman control for over three centuries. It was placed under British administration in 1878 until it was granted independence in 1960, becoming a member of the Commonwealth the following year.
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The earliest known human activity on the island dates back to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, which has been declared a World Heritage Site with an "enhanced protection" status in the event of armed conflict by UNESCO, along with the archaeological sites of Paphos and the Painted Churches of the Troodos Region. Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world, and is the site of the earliest known example of feline domestication.
At a strategic location in the Middle East, Cyprus has been occupied by several major powers, including the empires of the Hittites, Mycenaean Greece, Assyrians, Egyptians, Persians, Alexander the Great, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rashidun and Umayyad Arab caliphates, the Latin kings Lusignans, Venetians, and Ottomans. Settled by Mycenean Greeks in the 2nd millennium BC, the island also experienced long periods of Greek rule under the Ptolemaic Egyptians and the Byzantines. In 333 BC, Alexander the Great conquered the island from the Persians. The Ottoman Empire conquered the island in 1571 and it remained under Ottoman control for over three centuries. It was placed under British administration in 1878 until it was granted independence in 1960, becoming a member of the Commonwealth the following year.
http://www.eosnap.com/public/media/2008/12/cyprus/20081202-cyprus-full.jpg
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http://www.cyprushotelsonline.net/images/vrissiana%20beach%20hotel%20cyprus%20protaras%20po ol.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Cyprus_coast_from_Kourion_theatre.jpg
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