1. C Y P R U S PAST – PRESENT - FUTURE by Sotos Voskarides CYPRUS UNIVERSITY of TECHNOLOGY

3. M Y T H O L O G Y

4. O U R A N O S ( S K Y ) C R O N O S OR CHRONOS ( T I M E )

5. A S T R O L O G Y

7. M Y T H O L O G Y

8. FIGHT between CRONOS & OURANOS

9. CRONOS attacked his father OURANOS on mount OLYMPOS

10. CUT HIS GENITALS

11. And threw them … … into the Mediterranean sea

14. From the aphros (foam -of sea ) Aphrodite arose.

16. G E O L O G Y

20. E U R O P E ( MYTHOLOGY )

28. H I S T O R Y

29. Since Cyprus has a strategic location in the Midle East has been occupied by

30. Hitties Assyrians Egyptians Greeks Persians British (Richard the Leon heart) French (Lusignans) Italians (Venetians) Ottomans British

31. 1878 : British buy Cyprus from Sultan 1920 : Declared a British Colony 1950 : People ask to unite with Greece (referendum) 1955 -59: 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

35. See you in Cyprus

36. THANK YOU for your attention