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 10th century BC Year Date Event 1000 BC Emergence of the City States and eventually the Ten City States.   8th century BC Year Date Event 709 BC The lands of Cyprus were conquered and unified by the Neo-Assyrian Empire under Sargon II. 4th century BC Year Date Event 386 BC Under the Treaty of Antakidas, Persian rule over Cyprus was accepted by Athens. 380 BC Persia reconquered Cyprus. 351 BC Pythagoras of Salamis and other Cypriot kings went over to Alexander The Great during the beginning of the siege of Tyre. 350 BC A Cypriot rebellion began. 344 BC The Cypriot rebellion was crushed by Artaxerxes III  . 332 BC The siege of Tyre ended. 331 BC Nicocreon began to rule. 325 BC The Archaic and Classical Period ended. 310 BC Nicocreon ended his rule. Menelaos was made satrap of Cyprus. 306 BC Menelaos ended his time as satrap of Cyprus. Antigonus began his rule. 301 BC Antigonus ended his rule. The Ptolemaic Lagid Dynasty began.
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. The Neolithic village of Khirokitia a UNESCO World Heritage Site was founded.Simmons, A. H. Faunal extinction in an island society: pygmy hippopotamus hunters of Cyprus. New York: Springer 1999, p.15. 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 BCE Thutmose III claimed Cyprus and imposed a tax on the island. 1400 BCE Mycenaean Greek traders started visiting Cyprus.Andreas G. Orphanides, "Late Bronze Age Socio-Economic and Political Organization, and the Hellenization of Cyprus ", Athens Journal of History, volume 3, number 1, 2017, pp. 7–20 and the Hellenization of Cyprus started. 14th century BCE Year Date Event 1300 BCE Literacy was introduced to Cyprus with the Cypro-Minoan syllabary 13th century BCE Year Date Event 1200's BCE Kushmeshusha becomes the first king of Cyprus(Alasiya) 1230 BCE Cyprus was a client state of the Hittite empire.Thomas, Carol G.& Conant, C.: The Trojan War, pages 121-122. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005. , 9780313325267. As such Cyprus was essentially "left alone with little intervention in Cypriot affairs". 1220 BCE Tudhaliya IV annexed the Greek island of Cyprus 1205 BCE The last king of the Hitties, Šuppiluliuma II managed to win a naval battle against Alashiya / Cypriots, the first recorded naval battle in history.Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare. R. G. Grant. 2008. Accessed 10 August 2010 off the coast of Cyprus.Horst Nowacki, Wolfgang Lefèvre Creating Shapes in Civil and Naval Architecture: A Cross-Disciplinary Comparison BRILL, 2009 a fleet under his command defeated the 12th century BCE Year Date Event 1190 BCE invasion by the Sea Peoples 1179 BCE invasion by Aegean refugees 11th century BCE Year Date Event 1050 BCE A major wave of Greek settlement is believed to have taken place following the Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece from 1100 to 1050 BCE.Thomas, Carol G. The Trojan War. Santa Barbara, CA, USA: Greenwood Publishing Group 2005. p. 64. Centuries: 10th BC9th BC8th BC7th BC6th BC5th BC4th BC3rd BC2nd BC1st BC 10th century BCE Year Date Event 10th c. BCE Emergence of the City States and eventually the Ten City States. 950 BCE Literary evidence of Phoenician presence at Kition under Tyrian. 9th century BC Year Date Event 850 BC The royal tomb in the city of Salamis is built. 8th century BC Year Date Event 709 BC The lands of Cyprus were conquered and unified by the Neo-Assyrian Empire under Sargon II. 4th century BC Year Date Event 386 BC Under the Treaty of Antakidas, Persian rule over Cyprus was accepted by Athens. 380 BC Persia reconquered Cyprus. 351 BC Pythagoras of Salamis and other Cypriot kings went over to Alexander The Great during the beginning of the siege of Tyre. 350 BC A Cypriot rebellion began. 344 BC The Cypriot rebellion was crushed by Artaxerxes III . 333 BC The island was conquered by Alexander the Great . 332 BC The siege of Tyre ended. 331 BC Nicocreon began to rule. 325 BC The Archaic and Classical Period ended. 310 BC Nicocreon ended his rule. Menelaos was made satrap of Cyprus. 306 BC Menelaos ended his time as satrap of Cyprus. Antigonus began his rule. 301 BC Antigonus ended his rule. The Ptolemaic Lagid Dynasty began.
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