15th century BC   Year Date Event 1400 BC  Hellenization of Cyprus after the colonization of Mycenaeans Centuries: 11th BC10th BC9th BC8th BC7th BC6th BC5th BC4th BC3rd BC2nd BC1st BC
pre-15th century BCE Year Date Event 10,000 BCE The earliest confirmed site of human activity on Cyprus is Aetokremnos, situated on the south coast, indicating that hunter-gatherers were active on the island from around 10,000 BC,Mithen, S. After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20000 BC –5000 BC. Boston: Harvard University Press 2005, p.97. extinction of the dwarf hippos and dwarf elephants. 8,800 BCE The first Cyprus people introduced dog, sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, foxes, and deer to the island. 8,500 BCE Water wells discovered by archaeologists in western Cyprus are believed to be among the oldest in the world, dated at 9,000 to 10,500 years old. 7,500 BCE Remains of an 8-month-old cat were discovered buried with a human body at a site in Cyprus. The grave is estimated to be 9,500 years old, predating ancient Egyptian civilisation and pushing back the earliest known feline-human association. 5,800 BCE Large earthquake hits the island of Cyprus. 5,500 BCE first signs of metalwork on the island. 1,550 BCE war, piracy, or refugee crisis with the Hyksos who ruled Egypt from 1650 BCE - 1550 BCE but were expelled from Egypt by Ahmose I, who founded the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. 15th century BCE Year Date Event 1400 BC Thutmose III claimed Cyprus and imposed a tax on the island. 1400 BC Hellenization of Cyprus after the colonization of Mycenaeans Centuries: 10th BC9th BC8th BC7th BC6th BC5th BC4th BC3rd BC2nd BC1st BC
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pre-15th century BCE Year Date Event 10,000 BCE The earliest confirmed site of human activity on Cyprus is Aetokremnos, situated on the south coast, indicating that hunter-gatherers were active on the island from around 10,000 BC,Mithen, S. After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20000
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–5000 BC. Boston: Harvard University Press 2005, p.97. extinction of the dwarf hippos and dwarf elephants. 8,800 BCE The first Cyprus people introduced dog, sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, foxes, and deer to the island. 8,500 BCE Water wells discovered by archaeologists in western Cyprus are believed to be among the oldest in the world, dated at 9,000 to 10,500 years old. 7,500 BCE Remains of an 8-month-old cat were discovered buried with a human body at a site in Cyprus. The grave is estimated to be 9,500 years old, predating ancient Egyptian civilisation and pushing back the earliest known feline-human association. 5,800 BCE Large earthquake hits the island of Cyprus. 5,500 BCE first signs of metalwork on the island. 1,550 BCE war, piracy, or refugee crisis with the Hyksos who ruled Egypt from 1650 BCE - 1550 BCE but were expelled from Egypt by Ahmose I, who founded the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
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Thutmose III claimed Cyprus and imposed a tax on the island. 1400 BC
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