C Y P R U S PAST – PRESENT - FUTURE by Sotos Voskarides CYPRUS UNIVERSITY of TECHNOLOGY
M Y T H O L O G Y
O U R A N O S ( S K Y ) C R O N O S OR CHRONOS ( T I M E )
A S T R O L O G Y
M Y T H O L O G Y
FIGHT between CRONOS & OURANOS
CRONOS attacked his father OURANOS on mount OLYMPOS
CUT HIS GENITALS
And threw them … … into the Mediterranean sea
From the aphros (foam -of sea ) Aphrodite arose.
G E O L O G Y
E U R O P E ( MYTHOLOGY )
H I S T O R Y
Since Cyprus has a strategic location in the Midle East has been occupied by
Hitties Assyrians Egyptians Greeks Persians British (Richard the Leon heart) French (Lusignans) Italians (Venetians) Ottomans British
1878 : British buy Cyprus from Sultan 1920 : Declared a British Colony 1950 : People ask to unite with Greece (referendum) : Revolution against British 1960 : ‘Independence’ 1963 : Intercommunal fights 1967 : Military regime in Greece 1974 : Coup of military against Cyprus Government AND Invasion by Turkey 1983 : Declaration of ‘Separate State’ by Turkish Cypriots 2004 : Referendum on solution plan by UN (Greeks said NO, Turks said YES) 2008 –now : Negotiations
See you in Cyprus
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