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	Cyprus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		B.C. Ancient Cyprus was a center of the cult of Aphrodite.
		In 1998, Cyprus began membership talks with the European Union (EU), a move that was bitterly opposed by Turkish Cypriots, and Turkey insisted on a political settlement for the island prior to its joining the EU.
		Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, but the north was excluded due to the failure of the referendum.
	www.bartleby.com /65/cy/Cyprus.html (1287 words)

	Cyprus - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		CYPRUS, one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean, nominally in the dominion of Turkey, but under British administration, situated in the easternmost basin of that sea, at roughly equal distance from the coasts of Asia Minor to the north and of Syria to the east.
		Cyprus lies in the continuation of the folded belt of the Anti-taurus.
		Cyprus was now harshly governed by a lieutenant, and the condition of the natives, who had been much oppressed under the Lusignan dynasty, became worse.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Cyprus (6180 words)

	Cyprus
		The Southwest portion of Cyprus is formed by a mountain complex, culminating in the peaks of Troödos (6,406 ft.), Mádhari (5,305 ft.), Papoútsa (5,124 ft.) and Máchaira (4,674 ft.).
		Cyprus seems later to have fallen once again under Persian rule, but after the battle of Issus (333 bc) it voluntarily gave in its submission to Alexander the Great and rendered him valuable aid at the siege of Tyre.
		Cyprus remained in the possession of the Roman and then of the Byzantine emperors, though twice overrun and temporarily occupied by the Saracens, until 1184, when its ruler, Isaac Comnenus, broke away from Constantinople and declared himself an independent emperor.
	holycall.com /biblemaps/cyprus.htm (2490 words)

	Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 58
		James III of Baden-Durlach, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Zähringen, b.
		James III of Scotland, King of Scotland Stuart, b.
		James of Kelso and Melrose, Abbot of Kelso and Melrose Stuart, b.
	www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk /public/genealogy/royal/gedFx58.html (788 words)

	Kingdoms of Greece - Cyprus
		The recorded history of Cyprus begins with the occupation of part of the island by Egypt.
		Beginning with the rise of Assyria during the 8th century BC, Cyprus was under the control of each of the empires that successively dominated the eastern Mediterranean.
		Alexander the Great took Cyprus from Persia in 333 BC, and after his death in 323 BC the island again became an Egyptian possession, under the Ptolemies.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GreeceCyprus.htm (363 words)

	Make Love, Make War: the Fate of Cyprus
		Cyprus, her birthplace, would be remembered through the centuries, whatever sufferings might befall its inhabitants, as the Island of Love -- its name, said Edward Gibbon, "excites the ideas of elegance and pleasure." The Elizabethan playwright Thomas Dekker has one of his heroines say, ".'tis the fashion of us Cypriotes to yield at first assault."
		Times were hard in James the Bastard's day after a disastrous plague which killed three quarters of the population, and the growing power of the Ottoman Turks was a threat not only to Lusignans but to all the western world, which looked anxiously to Cyprus to hold out.
		It was a network of hundreds of little villages, huddled around their domed Byzantine churches or the minarets of their mosques, communities of peasants bound economically and emotionally to the little plots of land which had belonged to their forebears since time immemorial, the place where thy were born and where they would die.
	www.robertwernick.com /articles/cyprus.shtml (4798 words)

	looting of Cyprus and Michel van Rijn
		The church, in northern Cyprus, was stripped between the summer of 1976, when the priest was expelled, and 1979, when an English tourist reported to Cypriot authorities that it had been looted.
		Near the village of Komi Tou Yalou in northern Cyprus, the church was built in the seventh or eighth century.
		Cyprus gained a major victory in its quest to rescue its cultural treasures from the art underworld when a hoard of looted Byzantine frescoes, icons and mosaics was discovered in three Munich apartments after a raid by the German police, last October.
	www.museum-security.org /cyprus-and-michel-van-rijn.htm (6397 words)

	Cyprus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Cyprus is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and has been continuously inhabited for thousands of years.
		Although Cyprus was occupied by several local kingdoms, as the age of empires dawned the island inevitably found itself within the shifting spheres of influence of the surrounding political powers, including the Assyrians, the Egyptians, the Persians, the Hellenistic successors of Alexander the Great and, finally, the Romans.
		The landscape of Cyprus is dotted with the artefacts of the several civilizations which took root in the island, ranging from the ancient Greek and Roman to the present.
	www.redeemer.ca /academics/polisci/Cyprus.html (3955 words)

	Bellapais-Vounous, Cyprus: Dunn-Vatori \| The Shelby White - Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications
		It is situated one and a half miles east of the Abbey of Bellapais, which is one of the chief tourist attractions of the island.
		Porphyros Dikaios, Curator of the Cyprus Museum, undertook the rescue excavations at Vounous in 1931-1932.
		Stewart and his student, R.S. Merrillees-who completed his Archaeology III thesis on "Vounous Tombs 49 to 79" in 1959 at Sydney University - were comprised of the manuscript notebooks restricted to the contents of the tombs, photographs of the tombs, and Schaeffer's book Missions en Chypre.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~semitic/wl/digsites/Cyprus/Vounous_99/index.htm (380 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Cyprus. 1311 facts and figures, stats and information on Cypriot economy, crime, people, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Cyprus is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey.
		Cyprus became independent in 1960, but large-scale fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots led to the installment of a UN peacekeeping force in 1965.
		The courts exercising criminal jurisdiction in the Republic of Cyprus were district courts, assize courts, and the Supreme Court in its appellate functions.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/cy-cyprus (3229 words)

	Cyprus the Lusignan and Venetian Eras
		In the thirteenth century, the kings of Cyprus, particularly Hugh III (reigned 1267-84), tried to assist the Latin Christians of the Syrian mainland in their final efforts to retain their holdings.
		He is generally known as James the Bastard and was renowned for his political amorality.
		James died in 1473, and the island came under Venetian control.
	www.country-studies.com /cyprus/the-lusignan-and-venetian-eras.html (1046 words)

	Poet: James I of Scotland - All poems of James I of Scotland
		James I of Aragon (1208–1276); James II of Aragon and I of Sicily (1267–1327); James I of Cyprus (1334–1398); James I of Scotland (1394–1437)...
		History of James I of Scotland, not to be confused with James VI and I of Britain.
		James Stewart was born 30 December 1394 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
	www.poemhunter.com /james-i-of-scotland (336 words)

	CYPRUS READY TO FACE Y2K
		The UN-led proximity talks on Cyprus between President Glafcos Clerides and the Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktash were held at the UN headquarters from 3 to 14 December during which discussions were focused on the four core issues namely, territory, distribution of powers, security and properties.
		Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has welcomed the reference to Cyprus in the EU Helsinki summit conclusions as it makes it clear that a settlement to the division of the island is not a precondition for its accession to the Union.
		He added Cyprus strongly supports the principle that special and differential treatment for developing countries be expanded considerably and that flexibility be provided to enable these countries to address concerns such as food security, rural development and poverty alleviation.
	www.un.int /cyprus/bul-1299.htm (2293 words)

	Cyprus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A large island located in the angle between Anatolia to the north, and the Levant to the east, Cyprus has always had an important place in eastern Mediterranean culture.
		Inportant both as a major source of copper, and as a strategic jump-off point to the Near East, the place has seen virtually every conqueror, colonizer, and explorer to have been involved in the Middle East, and it continues to this day to be a source of drama and tension.
		It was a mercantile center specializing in the Cypriote copper trade, and was a focus of the cult of Cybele and Her consort Atys.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Cyprus.html (834 words)

	cyprus islamic - Offshore Havens
		In 1474 the reigning House of Cyprus became extinct with James III.
		Cyprus nearing end of third drought year, with serious deficit in wheat, barley, and corn.
		Cyprus History King Richard of England was reluctant to keep Cyprus under his control as his main aim was Palestine.
	www.offshorehavens.org /cyprus-islamic.html (776 words)

	cyprus_txt_2t.html
		Once crowned as Queen, Carlotta removed her stepbrother James, called the bastard, who was a son of John II and his mistress, Lady Maria Patras, from the office of the archbishop to which his father had transferred to him at the age of sixteen.
		His son, James III, who was born on August 28, 1473 and crowned immediately as King also died a year later, leaving the young Queen Caterina (1474-1489) to become a puppet of the Venetian power politics.
		The work of Leto Severis on the Ladies of Medieval Cyprus is a pleasant narrative illustrating the roles and personalities of the important women in the medieval history of Cyprus, especially the royal ladies, with an emphasis on the last Queen, Caterina Cornaro.
	www.allcrusades.com /CASTLES/CYPRUS/CYPRUS_LUSIGNANS/cyprus_txt_2t.html (313 words)

	Cyprus History: Lusignan Period - The Period of Jacques III
		Cyprus History: Lusignan Period - The Period of Jacques III
		Caterina Cornaro was appointed queen until the birth of an heir, which was shortly expected, and the management of affairs was entrusted to a council of regency among whom were the uncles of the queen.
		Her son King Jacques III, was born in August 1473, but only lived one year.
	www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/lusignan/4jacques3.htm (95 words)

	What does archaeology tell us about Paul's travels through Cyprus (Acts 13:4-12)? - ChristianAnswers.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Thus after leaving Cyprus on their way to Psidian Antioch, Paul used the via Sebaste constructed in 6 BC by Augustus.
		The province was acquired in 58 BC (Badian 1965), although Cyprus had earlier been considered as one of the "friends and allies of Rome."[3] Initially it formed an annex to the Roman province of Cilicia,[4] and in 48/7 BC the island was returned to the control of Egypt.
		Gardner, E.A.; Hogarth, D.G.; and James, M.R. 1888 Inscriptions of Kuklia and Amargetti.
	www.christiananswers.net /q-abr/abr-a020.html (2410 words)

	FRUS, 1958-60, Vol. X, Part 1: 17 - Cyprus
		The U.S. position on Cyprus was outlined in a statement by James W. Barco to the Political Committee on November 28.
		Cyprus introduced into discussion by my reference three hopeful developments of which I had just heard: Averoff - Zorlu meetings Paris,/1/ Macmillan statement on partition,/2/ and commutation of death sentence for Greek Cypriots./3/ Prime Minister seemed feel atmosphere somewhat better but both he and Tsa-tsos thought it wise not be too optimistic.
		Stickiest part of discussion appeared to be that relating to international status of Cyprus with Zorlu taking line that Cyprus should not be eligible in its own right for membership in international organizations and that Greece, Turkey and perhaps UK as well would have right to exercise veto on this subject.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/frus/frus58-60x1/17cyprus4.html (11744 words)

	British Treason Against Cyprus
		Foreign Secretary James Callaghan whilst in Geneva was fully informed of the Turkish intentions and mounting preparations for the second invasion.
		The likely objective is to increase the size of their area to take in the entire East of Cyprus, bounded by a line from five miles east of Morphou, through southern suburbs of Nicosia and along the old Famagusta road to Famagusta.
		His draft referred to a fundamental revision of the constitutional structure of the Republic of Cyprus,, to a federal government with a bi-communal nature of two autonomous administrations operating in appropriately defined geographical areas.
	www.greece.org /cyprus/Treason1.htm (4658 words)

	Pretenders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		His brother, Richard III, based his claim to the throne on the idea that the marriage was bigamous and thus his nephew "King" Edward V was illegitimate.
		The Tudors who wrested the Kingdom from Richard needed to see the marriage as legal, since their claims were noticeably bolstered by the wedding of Henry VII to Princess Elizabeth, Edward's older daughter by the Woodville alliance (and how terribly convenient for Henry that Richard had disposed of his two nephews...
		In 1688, James II was deposed for attempting to establish Roman Catholicism in Great Britain; he and his heirs maintained a rival court on the continent until the latter half of the 18th century.
	www.hostkingdom.net /pretends.html (6464 words)

	thePeerage.com - Robert of Baux and others
		She married Ladislas d'Anjou, King of Naples, son of Charles III d'Anjou, King of Naples and Margaret of Durazzo, in 1392.
		She married Ladislas d'Anjou, King of Naples, son of Charles III d'Anjou, King of Naples and Margaret of Durazzo, in 1402.
		James III, King of Cyprus was the son of James II, King of Cyprus and Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus.
	www.thepeerage.com /p11454.htm (672 words)

	Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 47
		James II of Scotland, King of Scotland Stuart, b.
		James III of Scotland, King of Scotland Stuart, b.
		James IV of Scotland, King of Scotland Stuart, b.
	www.hull.ac.uk /php/cssbct/genealogy/royal/gedFx47.html (677 words)

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	Selected Bibliography on Cyprus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Cyprus: A Study in International Relations." A lecture delivered under the auspices of the University of Edinburgh, Montague Burton Chair of International Relations, 1980.
		Kaloudis, George S. "The Role of the UN in Cyprus from 1964-1979." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Kansas, 1982.
		Cyprus a Place of Arms: Power Politics and Ethnic Conflict in Eastern Mediterranean.
	www.kypros.org /Cyprus/biblio.html (753 words)

	From Cyprus to Munich
		Fifteenth-century fresco from the Tree of Jesse stolen from Antiphonitis, Cyprus, and recently recovered in Germany (Courtesy Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations)
		Following the occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish forces in 1974, looters stripped the region's churches, removing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 icons; several dozen major frescoes and mosaics dating from the sixth to the fifteenth century; and thousands of chalices, wooden carvings, crucifixes, and Bibles.
		In November 1997, the restored frescoes, which will eventually be returned to Cyprus, were put on display in a specially constructed and consecrated Byzantine chapel in Houston.
	www.archaeology.org /online/features/cyprus (2116 words)

	Caterina Cornaro Becomes Queen of Cyprus
		Through her marriage to James II Lusignan of Cyprus in 1468, CATERINA CORNARO of Venice became Queen of Cyprus when she was just 14 years old.
		Upon the death of her husband in 1473 (and of their infant son Prince James III Lusignan in August of the same year), Queen Caterina became sole ruler of her island kingdom.
		When he had successfully seized the throne as James II, the Cornaros--supported by the Venetian government--claimed their audacious prize: the marriage of James II and Marco Cornaro's young daughter Caterina.
	www.boglewood.com /timeline/queen.html (514 words)

	Holy Homicide
		Other massacres stemmed from rumors that Jews were sacrificing Christian children and using their blood in rituals.
		When the Albigenses Christians in southern France wouldn't conform to official dogma, Pope Innocent III sent troops to exterminate them.
		After the town of Beziers was captured, soldiers asked their papal adviser how to distinguish the faithful from the heretics among the townspeople.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/james_haught/homicide.html (1122 words)

	thePeerage.com - Robert Lloyd and others
		Peter II, King of Cyprus was the son of Peter I, King of Cyprus.
		James II, King of Cyprus was the son of Jean II de Lusignan, King of Cyprus.
		Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus married James II, King of Cyprus, son of Jean II de Lusignan, King of Cyprus.
	www.thepeerage.com /p22037.htm (483 words)

	A-Z-jonathan-Riley-Smith.html
		Armenians: in Cyprus 295; in Egypt 215; in Jerusalem 158
		Henry II of Cyprus and Jerusalem (1285-1324) 137, 293-4, 313; and Crusade treatise 259
		Hugh III of Cyprus (1267-84) 128-9, 137, 173
	www.allcrusades.com /INDEX/A-Z-Jonathan-Riley-Smith.html (5787 words)

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