Presentation prepared by the Cypriot team for the ERASMUS+ project R.I.Z.E. (Risk Impact Zones Environments) and presented at LTT C1 - Lagos, Portugal

1. Cyprus

2. Cyprus: a beautiful
small island in the
east
Mediterranean
Sea

3. HOW WAS CYPRUS CREATED
• The genesis of Cyprus took place through a series of complex
tectonic processes in the boarder context of the subduction of the
African plate under from the Eurasian plate. And that happened
about 90 million years ago.

5. With a history since 10000 BC

6. an island that combines the beauties of the mountain and the sea

7. Some information…
• Capital: Nicosia
• Population: 888,000
• Other towns: Limassol, Larnaka,
Paphos
• Independence from the United
Kingdom August 16, 1960
• Member of the European Union
since May 2004
• Currency: Euro
• Polity: Presidential Republic

8. History
• The etymology of the name Cyprus comes from
copper (in Latin Cuprum).
• The root of the name "Cyprus" stems from
the large copper reserves that existed on
the island and the island was a large copper
export.

9. Ancient Cyprus
• The earliest confirmed site of human activity on Cyprus is around
10000 BC.
• During the late Bronze Age, the island experienced a wave of Greek
settlement, around 1400 BC.
• Cyprus occupies an important role in Greek mythology being the
birthplace of Aphrodite.
• Cyprus is at a strategic location in the Middle East. It was ruled
by Assyria for a century starting in 708 BC, before a brief spell under
Egyptian rule and eventually Persian rule in 545 BC.
• The island was conquered by Alexander the Great in 333 BC and
after his death it became part of the Hellenistic empire.
• In 58 BC Cyprus was acquired by the Romans.

10. Middle Ages – Ottoman empire
• In 395 Cyprus became part of the Byzantine empire and would
remain so for 800 years.
• In 1570, Ottoman troops brought the island under Ottoman
control.
• Soldiers who fought in the conquest settled on the island and
Turkish were brought to the island from Anatolia.
• In 1878 Cyprus was leased to the British empire.

11. British Empire and
Turkish invasion
• The island would serve Britain as a key military
base for its colonial routes.
• In 1950 the charge organized a referendum in
which the 96% of citizens voted in favor of
enosis with Greece. The British rejected the
referendum and after a 4year fight with the
British troops, in 1960, Cyprus was declared an
independent county.
• In 1974, Turkish troops invaded in Cyprus and
took over the 37% of the island's territory, which
remain until today.

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13. Nicosia
• Nicosia is the capital and
the biggest town of
Cyprus.
• Its population is 332.000.
• It is split by the green
line, which makes Nicosia
the only city in the world
that is separated.
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