The history of Cyprus — how it all began

The Zurich Treaty granted Cyprus independence, while protecting the rights of the Turkish Cypriot population. The guarantors of this agreement were the United Kingdom, Greece and Turkey. The president had to be from a Greek, and the vice-president - from the Turkish community, each of whom had the right to [...]

Britain's cunning political game had nothing to do with Cyprus until 1878, but the sudden and peaceful annexation of the island to the British Empire is not difficult to explain. The cornerstone of British imperial policy in the XIX century was the protection of the sea route to India [...]

The Turkish presence A peace treaty was concluded in March 1573, when Venice agreed to pay a large military indemnity sufficient to cover all expenses of the Sultan, as well as to renounce all Venetian claims to Cyprus. The takeover by the Ottoman Empire was largely welcomed [...]

Again, the construction of the Venetian desire to own Cyprus was caused solely by profit. The Venetians saw Cyprus primarily as a military base. Anticipating the conflict, they undertook an ambitious plan to strengthen. Famagusta and Nicosia were surrounded by massive earthen ramparts lined with stone. Around the Cyrenian Castle [...]

Guy Lusignan Guy Lusignan introduced a feudal system, granting estates to the barons who accompanied him from Palestine. Constitutional and legal issues were resolved by the assizes of Jerusalem, a code adopted in the former kingdom, but local laws and customs were preserved. Two years later, in 1194 [...]

With the foundation of Constantinople, as the Roman capital in the East, there was a synthesis of Roman civic thought, Greek philosophy and Eastern Christian religion. Salamis, which resumed its role as the capital, was rebuilt by Constantius 11 (337-361) and renamed Constantia. Prophetic dreams? Since the adoption of [...]

The rise of Rome The decline of the Hellenistic states coincided with the rise of Rome as a regional power. The period of approximately 30 years to 30 BC was marked by a struggle for power in Rome. The Senate lost its power in front of the generals who fought among themselves for [...]

Hellenism - a period in the history of the Mediterranean Hellenism is a period in the history of the Mediterranean, primarily the Eastern one, which lasted from the time of the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the final establishment of Roman rule in these territories, which usually dates back to the fall of Hellenistic Egypt. In 333 [...]

Let's plunge into the distant past of this island of Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, located on the border of the Eastern and Western worlds. The island has always attracted the attention of more powerful external forces. For centuries, the island was ruled by Assyrians, Phoenicians, Persians, [...]