Cyprus
![A copper mine in Cyprus. In antiquity, Cyprus was a major source of copper.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Geology_of_Cyprus-SkiriotissaMine.jpg)
Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC. As a strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean, it was subsequently occupied by several major powers, including the empires of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians, from whom the island was seized in 333 BC by Alexander the Great. Subsequent rule by Ptolemaic Egypt, the Classical and Eastern Roman Empire, Arab caliphates for a short period, the French Lusignan dynasty and the Venetians was followed by over three centuries of Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878 (''de jure'' until 1914).
Cyprus was placed under the United Kingdom's administration based on the Cyprus Convention in 1878 and was formally annexed by the UK in 1914. The future of the island became a matter of disagreement between the two prominent ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots, who made up 77% of the population in 1960, and Turkish Cypriots, who made up 18% of the population. From the 19th century onwards, the Greek Cypriot population pursued ''enosis'', union with Greece, which became a Greek national policy in the 1950s. The Turkish Cypriot population initially advocated the continuation of the British rule, then demanded the annexation of the island to Turkey, and in the 1950s, together with Turkey, established a policy of ''taksim'', the partition of Cyprus and the creation of a Turkish polity in the north.
Following nationalist violence in the 1950s, Cyprus was granted independence in 1960. The crisis of 1963–64 brought further intercommunal violence between the two communities, displaced more than 25,000 Turkish Cypriots into enclaves and brought the end of Turkish Cypriot representation in the republic. On 15 July 1974, a coup d'état was staged by Greek Cypriot nationalists and elements of the Greek military junta in an attempt at ''enosis''. This action precipitated the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on 20 July, which led to the capture of the present-day territory of Northern Cyprus and the displacement of over 150,000 Greek Cypriots and 50,000 Turkish Cypriots. A separate Turkish Cypriot state in the north was established by unilateral declaration in 1983; the move was widely condemned by the international community, with Turkey alone recognising the new state. These events and the resulting political situation are matters of a continuing dispute.
Cyprus is a major tourist destination in the Mediterranean. The country has an advanced high-income economy. The Republic of Cyprus has been a member of the Commonwealth since 1961 and was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement until it joined the European Union on 1 May 2004. On 1 January 2008, the Republic of Cyprus joined the eurozone. Provided by Wikipedia
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141Published 2000“...Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference Lemesos, Cyprus...”
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142Published 2008“...International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing Cyprus...”
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143Published 2010“...International Conference on Environment: Survival and Sustainability Nicosia, Cyprus...”
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144Published 2019“...International Conference on Semiotics and Visual Communication Cyprus University of Technology...”
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146by Vermeule, Emily“...Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cyprus Expedition...”
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147by Sasso, Giampaolo, 1942-“...Cyprus Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Studies...”
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148Published 2005“...OTM Confederated International Workshops and Posters Agia Napa, Cyprus...”
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149Published 2007“...Indian Films (Nicosia, Cyprus)...”
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150Published 2009“...International Symposium on Intelligent and Distributed Computing Ayia Napa, Cyprus...”
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151Published 2010“... of Security Paphos, Cyprus...”
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152Published 2004“...OTM Confederated International Workshops and Posters Agia Napa, Cyprus...”
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153Published 2007“...DAIS (Conference) Paphos, Cyprus)...”
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154Published 2009“...IFIP TC11 International Conference on Information Security Paphos, Cyprus...”
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155Published 2010“...International ICST Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems Limassol, Cyprus...”
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156Published 2002“...International Workshop on Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation Paphos, Cyprus...”
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157Published 2014“...Hetaireia Kypriakōn Spoudōn (Nicosia, Cyprus)...”
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158Published 1987“...FAO Expert Consultation on Improved Weed Management in the Near East Nicosia, Cyprus...”
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159Published 1988“...FAO Regional Seminar on the Treatment and Use of Sewage Effluent for Irrigation Nicosia, Cyprus...”
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