DATES
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NAME OF THE PERIOD
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IMPORTANT SITES
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IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
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| 35,000-10,000 BC. |
Paleolithic Age |
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No evidence of life on the island. |
| 10,000-7,000 BC. |
Mesolithic Age |
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No evidence of life on the island. |
| 7000-6000 BC. |
Neolithic (New Stone) Age |
Khirokitia. First organized community. |
First evidence of Burial customs. |
| 6000- 4600/4500 BC. |
Unexplained Gap |
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| 4600/4500- 4000/3900 BC. |
Neolithic II Age |
Ayios Epiktitos, Troulli, Sotira
Second organized community. |
First handmade pottery produced in Cyprus. Textile
making. Grapes, olives, and Wine making. |
| 4000/3900-2500 BC. |
Chalcolithic Age |
Erimi, Lapithos, Kalavassos, Kythrea,
Ambelikou |
First Metal objects in Cyprus. |
| 2600/2500-2300 BC. |
Transitional Period |
Philia |
Arrival of settlers from Anatolia. |
| 2300-1900 BC. |
Early Bronze Age (Early Cypriot Period) |
Vounos,Kourion,Vasilia, Phaneromeni |
Mining, metal works. Trading. |
| 1900-1650 BC. |
Middle Bronze Age (Middle Cypriot Period) |
Kalopsida, Karmi, Lapithos, etc. |
Late 17th century; Fortresses made at Ayios Sozomenos |
| 1650-1050 BC. |
Late Bronze Age (Late Cypriot Period) |
Enkomi, Kition, Kourion, Myrtou, Kouklia, etc. |
Destruction of Late Bronze Age towns by earthquake.
So called "Sea Peoples migration
Trading links with Egypt, Anatolia, Near East, and Greek world.
Major wave of Greek immigration (c. 1100 BC.) |
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| 1350-1050 BC. |
Arrival of Greeks in Cyprus |
Praxandros founder of Kyrenia
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Kypheas founder of Lambousa/ Lapithos |
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| 1050-750 BC. |
Iron Age (Geometric Period) |
Lapithos, Kition, Salamis, Ktima, etc. |
Phoenician colony founded at Kition (mid 9th century) |
| 750-745 BC |
Archaic Period |
Idalion, Salamis, Kition, Amathus, Kourion, Soli,
etc. |
Hayday of city kingdoms
Assyrian rule (c. 709-699 BC.)
Egyptian rule (570/60-545 BC.)
Persian rule (c. 545-333 BC.)
Persian siege of Cypriot cities (498/7 BC.) |
| 475-325 BC. |
Classical Period |
Salamis, Kourion, Kouklia, Soli, Vouni, etc. |
Struggle of Evagoras I of Salamis (411-374/3 BC.) against
Persian rule.
Cypriot cities join the Empire of Alexander the Great, 333 BC. Hellenistic
period |
| 325-50 BC. |
Hellenistic Period |
Salamis, Kourion, Kouklia, Soli, Vouni. |
End of city kingdoms
Annexation of Cyprus by Ptolemy I of Egypt (294 BC.)
Cyprus becomes province of Rome (58 BC)
Cyprus in possession of Cleopatra VII (c. 47-30 BC.) |
| 50 BC. -AD. 330 |
Roman Period |
Salamis, Kourion, Kouklia, Soli, Vouni. |
Cyprus reverts to Roman Empire (30 BC)
Rising of Cypriot Jews (AD 1160)
Cyprus becomes a part of Eastern Roman/ Byzantine Greek Empire. |