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The Kingdom of Cyprus had long since declined, and had been a tributary state of the Egyptian Mamluks since 1426. Under Caterina, who ruled Cyprus from 1474 to 1489, the island was controlled by Venetian merchants, and on 14 March 1489 she was forced to abdicate and sell the administration of the country to the Republic of Venice. [2] According ...
A political and administrative history of Cyprus, 1918-1926: with a survey of the foundations of British rule (Cyprus Research Centre, 1979). Hakki, Murat Metin. The Cyprus issue: a documentary history, 1878-2007 (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007). Heraclidou, Antigone. "Politics of education and language in Cyprus and Malta during the inter-war years."
The Ancient Greek historian Herodotus (5th century BC) claims that the city of Kourion, near present-day Limassol, was founded by Achaean settlers from Argos.This is further supported by the discovery of a Late Bronze Age settlement lying several kilometres from the site of the remains of the Hellenic city of Kourion, whose pottery and architecture indicate that Mycenaean settlers did indeed ...
Cyprus is conquered by the Egyptians under Amasis II. 545 BCE Cyprus pledged allegiance to the Achaemenid Empire. [65] 526 BCE: Amasis II dies. His son Psammetichus III succeeds him as pharaoh. 525 BCE: The kingdoms of Cyprus gave naval support to Cambyses II of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in anticipation of his invasion of Egypt. [65]
Codex Cyprius, designated by K e or 017 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament Manuscripts), ε71 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), or Codex Colbertinus 5149, [1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the four Gospels, written on parchment. [1]
The Kingdom of Cyprus (French: Royaume de Chypre; Latin: Regnum Cypri) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489. [2] Initially ruled as an independent Christian kingdom, it was established by the French House of Lusignan after the Third Crusade. [2]
The Chronicle exists in a single mid-16th century manuscript at the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice (It. VI, 157 (=6895) ). Although the text is known as the Chronicle of Amadi, the Venetian Francesco Amadi (d. 1566) was not the author of the text but only the owner of the extant manuscript.
Barnabas appears mainly in Acts, a history of the early Christian church. He also appears in several of Paul's epistles. Barnabas, a native of Cyprus and a Levite, is first mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem, who sold the land that he owned and gave the proceeds to the community. [1]