Turkish rule in Cyprus lasted from 1570 until 1878. Neither the fortifications nor the diplomacy of the Venetians could prevent the arrival of the Ottomans, who landed in […]
Venetian rule in Cyprus, lasted from 1489 until 1575. In 1489, Cyprus was ceded to Venice by its last Lusignan ruler, Caterina Cornaro. As they did under the […]
Frankish rule in Cyprus lasted from 1191 until 1489. The English king, Richard the Lionheart, who together with France’s King Philip II Augustus and the Holy Roman Emperor […]
The Byzantine era lasted from 330-1191. Shortly after 330, when Christianity became the official religion of the Roman state and its capital transferred from Rome to Constantinople, first […]
The Hellenistic Era lasted from 325 BC until 50 BC. The Persian domination of Cyprus was brought to an end by the campaign of Alexander the Great in […]
The Classical Era lasted from 480 BC until 325 BC. It was marked by the wars for independence of the Cypriots against the Persians. On the political scene, […]
The Bronze Age lasted from 2500 BC until 1050 BC. The discovery of copper at many locations around the island in the mid-3rd millennium BC appears to have […]
