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Cyprus, the Republic of Cyprus is a Eurasian island country in the Eastern Mediterranean, south of Turkey and west of Syria and Lebanon. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and is a very popular tourist destination. Cyprus joined the European Union on 1 May 2004
Neolithic village of Choirokoitia, which has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, along with the Tombs of the Kings, dates back to around the 10th millennium BC.
Cyprus has been occupied by many major powers, including the empires of the Hittites, Assyrians, Egyptians, , Persians, , Rashiduns, Umayyads, Lusignans, Venetians and Ottomans.The island of Aphrotite was also ruled by their homogenous Ptolemais and Byzentines. In 333b.c. Alexander the Great freed the island from the Persians. It was then placed under British administration in 1878 until it was granted independence in 1960, becoming a member of the Commonwealth the following year.
Unfortunately in 1974, after 11 years of violence and an attempted coo by Greek Cypriot nationalists, Turkey invaded and took control of the northern portion of the island. The violence and Turkish invasion led to the movement of hundreds of thousands of Cypriots and resulted in a separate Turkish Cypriot political entity in the north. These events and the political situation continue to this day.
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