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  • Neolithic Period I
    ( 8th millennium - 4500BC )
  • Neolithic Period II
    (4500 - 3500BC )
  • Chalcolithic Period
    (3500 - 2500/2300BC )
  • Early Bronze Age
    (2500/2300 - 1900BC )
  • The Middle Bronze Age
    (1900 - 1600BC )
  • The Late Bronze Age
    (1600 - 1100BC )
  • Early Iron Age
    (1100 - 750BC )
  • The Archaic Period
    (750 - 475BC )
  • The Classical Period
    (475 - 325BC )
  • The Hellenistic Period
    (325 - 30BC )
  • The Roman Period
    (30BC - 330AD )
  • The Byzantine Period
    (330 - 1191 )
  • The Frankish Period
    ( 1191 - 1571 )
  • The Turkish Period
    ( 1571 - 1878 )
  • The Turkish occupation
  • The British Period
    (1878 - 1959)
  • The Cyprus Problem
    (1974- Present)

    • [INLINE]History Of Cyprus
    The Hellenistic Period (325 - 30BC )
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    Marble statue of Aphrodite. 1st century BC
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    Terracotta of a woman. Hellenistic period
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    Limestone female head from Arsos, Larnaca. 3rd century BC
    When Alexander the Great was marching southwards and then towards the heart of the Persian empire and finally India, the Cypriot Kings assisted him in many ways especially with their ships in the siege of Tyre. In appreciation, Alexander set them free. This period, however was very brief since the Macedonian King died soon and Cyprus became the bone of contention for his successors. Finally Cyprus was won over in 294 BC by Ptolemy who ruled Egypt where he established a dynasty that lasted for three centuries.

    Ptolemaic rule was rigid and exploited the island's resources to the utmost, particularly timber and copper. A great contemporary figure of Cypriot letters was the philosopher Zeno who was born at Kition about 336 and founded the famous Stoic School of Philosophy at Athens where he died about 264 BC.


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