Introduction to the History of Cyprus

 

This e-book is the product of collaboration between the Open University of Cyprus and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The University and the Ministry came together in an effort to design and to implement an introductory course on the History of Cyprus addressed primarily to Greek Cypriot expatriates. To that end, a group of leading experts on the field of ancient, medieval and modern history of Cyprus wrote specially-commissioned chapters, organized according to the principles and methodologies of Open and Distance Adult Learning, by means of which the course would be delivered. The course aimed at a comprehensive overview of all phases of Cypriot history, but its main emphasis is the period 1878-2004.

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  • Chapter 13 - A Guide To Major Cypriot Sites 

    Christodoulou, Panos; Hadjichristodoulou, Christodoulos; Schabel, Chris; Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou, Euphrosyne; Karyos, Andreas (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)

  • Chapter 12 - The Annan plan and the April 2004 plebiscite. Cyprus entry to the EU, 1999-2004 

    Christodoulides, Nikos (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This chapter presents the developments from 1999 to 2004 which resulted, for the first time, in a Plan which was put in a referendum for the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots to vote. Special reference will be made to ...

  • Chapter 11 - In search of a settlement: Cyprus solution plans and international diplomacy, 1974-1999 

    Christodoulides, Nikos (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This chapter aims to present the initiatives of the international community for solving the Cyprus Problem, from the end of the Turkish invasion until 1999. Special reference will be made to the agreements reached between ...

  • Chapter 10 - The Turkish invasion: the international community response 

    Christodoulides, Nikos (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This chapter aims to present the response of the main international and european organizations on the Turkish invasion in Cyprus in 1974. Special reference will be made of the international community response on the ...

  • Chapter 09 - The 1974 coup and the Turkish invasion 

    Kazamias, George A. (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    The 1974 coup and the two-part Turkish invasion that followed it are probably the two most important events in the post-independence history of Cyprus. Traumatic as they are, they serve as the cause of a radical reorientation ...

  • Chapter 08 - Cyprus, 1960-1974: internal developments 

    Kazamias, George A. (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This chapter aims to present the early history of the Republic of Cyprus. Created through a sui generis process (independence had not been among the objectives of the armed struggle and the rules governing its existence ...

  • Chapter 07 - Post-war Cyprus, 1945-1960: social, political and economic development 

    Hatzivassiliou, Evanthis (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This chapter aims to discuss internal developments, political, economic and social, in Cyprus from the end of the Second World War until the establishment of the Cyprus Republic in 1960. The analysis will also include the ...

  • Chapter 06 - Cyprus in the national and international arenas, 1945-1960 

    Hatzivassiliou, Evanthis (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This chapter aims to discuss the Cyprus question, from the end of the Second World War until the establishment of the Cyprus Republic in 1960. Analysis will involve three levels: international, regional and Cypriot ...

  • Chapter 05 - Cyprus under the British, 1878-1945 

    Yiangou, Anastasia (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This chapter, which explores the history of the island from the onset of British rule in 1878 to the end of the Second World War in 1945, is divided into three units. Unit one (covering the period from 1878 to the onset ...

  • Chapter 04 - The Ottoman Period, 1571-1878 

    Stavrides, Theocharis (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This unit examines: a) the situation in the Ottoman Empire and Cyprus on the eve of the conquest of the island by the Ottomans, the events of the War of Cyprus, as well as the policies adopted by the new rulers of the ...

  • Chapter 03 - Frankish and Venetian Cyprus, 1191-1571 

    Schabel, Chris (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This unit examines the social, economic, ecclesiastical, and political history of Frankish and Venetian Cyprus in the context of Europe and the Near East in the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

  • Chapter 02 - Cyprus under the Byzantine Empire, 324-1191 

    Varmazi, Vassiliki Nerantzi (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    This unit aims to examine the various political and social changes in Cyprus from the 4th to the end of the 12th centuries.

  • Chapter 01 - Cyprus in Antiquity 

    Christodoulou, Panos (Open University Of Cyprus, 2013-01-01)
    The strategic location of Cyprus in the north-eastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea has always played a significant role in its history. At the crossroads between East and West, and facing the fertile valley of the ...

  • Introduction to the History of Cyprus 

    Christodoulou, Panos; Varmazi, Vassiliki Nerantzi; Schabel, Chris; Stavrides, Theocharis; Yiangou, Anastasia; Hatzivassiliou, Evanthis; Christodoulides, Nikos; Kazamias, George; Hadjichristodoulou, Christodoulos; Rizopoulou-egoumenidou, Euphrosyne; Karyos, Andreas (Open University Of Cyprus, 2012-12-29)