Cyprus has a rich history and a wide selection of cultural heritage.
1000 – 850 BC
Iron Age – Cypro-Geometric period. The coming of Iron, the Dorians and a Dark age also Known as Cypro-Geometric I and II
850-750 BC
Iron Age – Cypro Geotmetric period period. The phoenician-led Renaissance and Assyrian rule on the island.
750-475 BC
Iron Age Cypri Archaic Period. Time of the city-kingdoms despite the island being ruled by a succession of foreign countries.
568-525 BC
Egyptian domination
525 -333 BC
Iron Age – Cypro – Classical period sees the persian occupation and the rule of the island.
333-58 BC
Hellenistic rule : the heirs of the alexander the great rule the island.
58 BC – 395 AD
Roman empire ruling Cyprus : 350 years of quiet provincial prosperity.
395 -649 AD
Island becomes a part of the Byzantine empire.
649 -965 AD
The island is caught on the frontier between the two warring empires of Byzantium and Islam,
1191-1192
Rule of the island by Richard I ( the lionheart ) of England and later by the Knights Templars.
1192 -1489
Rule of the island by the Frankish Lusingan Dynasty
1489-1570
Venetian Domination of Cyprus
1571-1878
Conquest of the Island by the ottoman Empire
1878-1925
Ottoman Empire passes the administration of Cyprus passes to Britian
1925-1960
Cyprus is annexed by Britian when Ottoman Empire enters into the World War I
1960
Foundation of the Republic of Cyprus
1963
Inter Communual strife in Cyprus and subsequent collapse of the consititional
1974
Coup detat by the Greek army officers who overthrow the President of Cyprus Makarios with the aim of uniting the island with Greece subsequent Turkish Military inervention ( under the provisions of the Treaty of Guarantee of the Republic of Cyprus.
1974
Division of the island into Turkish-Cypriot North and Greek-Cypriot South
1975
Declaration of the Turkish federated state of Cyprus, to pave way for a federal settlement on the island.
1983
Foundation of the Turkish republic of Northern cyprus
2003
After 30 years borders open between North and South Cyprus on 23 April 2003, following the Turkish-Cypriot Authroties initiative.
2004
Twin Referandums on uniting the island under the UN Annan”s plan accepted by Turkish-Cypriots, but rejected by Greek-Cypriots. Island (effectively Greek-Cypriot Southern Cyprus ) becomes a member of EU
2009
Cyprusq.com opened for travellers with rich informative pages.
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